The Use of Plant Extracts for Stored Product Protection

Athanassiou, Christos G.; Rani, Poonam; Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.

doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2006-0_8

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“…In addition to the good toxicity of eugenol, fumigant application of this compound also resulted in a significant inhibition of the offspring emergence even at sublethal doses. Negative effects on biological traits including rates of growth, grain consumption and progeny emergence of C. maculatus can be the results of direct mortality of adults, repellency, oviposition or progeny deterrence and growth inhibition (Athanassiou et al, 2014;Germinara et al, 2015). Similar effects have been reported in Sitophilus zeamais when exposed to other essential oils or their monoterpenes constituents (Nattudurai et al, 2017;Silva et al, 2017).…”

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“…useful as fumigants (Athanassiou et al, 2014). Furthermore, the inhibition of emergence of new insects was positively correlated with lower grain consumption, probably due to a lower feeding activity of C. maculatus larvae or due to the progeny deterrence.…”

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“…As a fumigant compound, the respiratory system should be the main entrance route of eugenol and other monoterpenes into the insect body, making the respiratory system the potential major target site for eugenol. In a recent study, it has been shown that eugenol have a strong inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and adenosine triphosphatases (ATPases) activities in Sitophilus oryzae, but also that the fumigant toxicities of the monoterpenes such as eugenol are higher than their contact and/ or oral toxicities (Athanassiou et al, 2014;Saad et al, 2018). Furthermore, eugenol-rich essential oils (e.g., clove essential oil) that exhibited insecticide activity similar to the activity recorded for deltamethrin (Viteri Jumbo et al, 2018) can be easily biodegraded by microorganisms (Mishra, S. & Sachan, S. 2013;Kadacol, J.…”

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Fumigant toxicity of eugenol and its negative effects on biological development of Callosobruchus maculatus L

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The protection of stored products from insect damages, when accomplished, is mostly relying on the application of synthetic insecticides with serious health and environmental issues in addition to risks of selection of resistant insect populations associated with such practice. The use of plants derived compounds have been presented as sound strategy for sustainable insect pest management. Eugenol is an aromatic component of natural occurrence in essential oils of numerous plants. known for its repellent and insecticidal bioactivities against different insect species. Here, we investigated the fumigant application of eugenol to control the cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) by assessing toxicity, effects on biological development (including emergence inhibition) and repellency to these weevil. Besides a good fumigant insecticidal activity, eugenol exposure resulted in a dose-dependent decrease of the growth rate of C. maculatus associated with a steady reduction in bean mass losses. Additionally, inhibition of offspring was upper 50% when adults were exposed to lethal and sublethal concentrations. significant inhibition of the offspring emergence was achieved after the exposure of parental adults to lethal and sublethal doses of eugenol. Furthermore, adult weevils were repelled away from beans exposed to high dose (LD99) of eugenol in contrast with their attraction to the beans treated with lower dose (LD50). Our findings suggest that eugenol has potential as control tool to be used in sustainable management startegies of C. maculatus.

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“…maculatus offspring emergence. Such biological impairments caused by clove and cinnamon essential oils on bruchids can be the result of the direct mortality of adults, repellency, oviposition deterrence or progeny and growth inhibition [ 51 ]. However, our oviposition results (i.e., females sublethally exposed to these essential oils decreased their ability to lay eggs even when they were offered to mate with untreated sexual partners in untreated bean masses) revealed an even more complex scenario and potential effects on sexual fitness (e.g., locomotory activities, mating behavior) or on the physiological basis of oviposition (e.g., respiratory activities, oogenesis or hormonal disruption) may also contribute to the reduced performance of essential oil sublethally exposed insects.…”

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Toxicity to, oviposition and population growth impairments of Callosobruchus maculatus exposed to clove and cinnamon essential oils

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The use of plant essential oils has been shown to efficiently control insect pests of stored beans, significantly reducing the threats associated with synthetic insecticides. Here, we evaluated the potential of applications of essential oils of clove, Syzygium aromaticum L., and cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum L., to control Callosobruchus maculatus, considered as one of the most cosmopolitan pests of stored beans. Using four combinations of couples (i.e., unexposed couples, exposed females, exposed males, and exposed couples), we also evaluated how sublethal exposure to these essential oils impacted C. maculatus oviposition. Bioassays results revealed that both essential oils exhibited insecticidal activities similar to the synthetic pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin. Furthermore, oil dosage increments proportionately decreased the growth rate and reduced the losses in bean weight caused by cowpea weevils, and offspring emergence was almost abolished when parents were exposed to the LD20 of each essential oil. Finally, significant oviposition impairments were perceived only in couples where females were exposed (i.e., females exposed and exposed couples) to the LD20 of cinnamon and clove essential oils. Thus, by exhibiting similar insecticidal activities as synthetic insecticides and by significantly affecting the oviposition of sublethally exposed C. maculatus females, the cinnamon and clove essential oils represent valuable tools with potential of integration into the management of C. maculatus infestations.

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“…Sublethal effects are defined as those (either physiological or behavioral) which occur on individuals that survive exposure to a pesticide (the pesticide dose/concentration can be sublethal or lethal) (Desneux et al, 2007). Many EOs can alter the growth and affect the reproduction of insects (Athanassiou et al, 2014).…”

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Efficacy of essential oils to control the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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Murray

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Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

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Essential oils (EOs) have been recognized as an important source of biopesticides. This work investigated the chemical constituents and bioactivity of six essential oils namely lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.), peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), geranium (Geranium maculatum L.), palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) and bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) against adults of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella, a cosmopolitan pest that infests a wide range of stored products. Analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed the presence of several compounds, mainly mono-and sesquiterpenes. The contact toxicity assay showed that the EO from palmarosa was the most toxic with a LD50 value of 22.8 µg cm-2. The toxicity order was palmarosa > geranium > peppermint > lavender > bergamot >eucalyptus. In fumigant toxicity assay, the greatest effect was found with the EO from eucalyptus with a KT50 value of 8.34 min. The toxicity order was eucalyptus > peppermint >geranium = lavender > bergamot > palmarosa. The EO from palmarosa showed the highest residual activity when the insects were exposure to its volatiles constituents. Finally, all EOs produce sublethal activity promoting effects in the fecundity. In conclusion, the EOs could be used as potential biopesticides for P. interpunctella control.

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The Use of Plant Extracts for Stored Product Protection

Cited by 17 publications

References 59 publications

Fumigant toxicity of eugenol and its negative effects on biological development of Callosobruchus maculatus L

Fumigant toxicity of eugenol and its negative effects on biological development of Callosobruchus maculatus L

Toxicity to, oviposition and population growth impairments of Callosobruchus maculatus exposed to clove and cinnamon essential oils

Efficacy of essential oils to control the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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