Baeckea frutescen L. essential oil was tested with Aedes aegypti larvae at various concentration levels

Abstract

Reducing the negative impact of using synthetic insecticides in a friendly manner. The alternative is to use a bioinsecticide. Ujung Atap (Baeckea frutescens L.) essential oil is one of them that has the potential as a bioinsecticide. Distillation of fresh leaves and dry leaves. Aedes aegypti larvicide mortality test on the resulting essential oil. A. aegypti mosquitoes that cause dengue fever. Analyze the essential oil content of B. frutescens L. by GC-MS. The Dried Leaf Distillation of B. Frutescens L. produces more and better essential oil than fresh leaves. Dried leaf essential oil is more deadly against larvicides than fresh leaf essential oil of B. frutescens L. Larvacide activity is classified as toxic. There are 25 compounds found in essential oils of fresh leaves and 23 compounds in dry leaves. The compound which is a gastric poison for insects is Limonene.

Characterization of essential oils of Baeckea frutescen L and Cymbopogon nardus L for development as bioinsecticides

“…Local Bangka Belitung plants such as the broom plant (Baeckea frutescen L) from the Myrtaceae family have potential as insecticides [11]. The combination of citronella waste (Cymbopogon nardus L) which still contains geraniol and citronella with broom and rice plants has the potential to produce formulations that can be used as insecticides.…”

“…Based on previous studies, it was found that citronella oil from C. nardus L. has the potential as a biopesticide and insecticide [12,13]. Baeckea frutescen L contains essential oils of esters and produces essential oils of 0.071% and has potential as a fungicide and larvicide [8,11,14]. Therefore, testing the essential oil content of B. frutescen L and C. nardus L. from Bangka Belitung is necessary to obtain the right formulations in development to be used as natural insecticides.…”