Control of the brown garden snail Eobania vermiculata (Gastropoda : Helicidae)‎ adults using baits of usable and expired Kz mineral oil and its effect on aminotransferase enzymes activity

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Mineral oils are considering a promising control agent against wide varieties of pests all over the world.

In this paper, focus on the baits of usable and expired Kz mineral oil against the adults of the brown garden snail Eobania vermiculata (Müller) (Gastropoda : Helicidae ) under both of laboratory and field conditions.

The baits of expired Kz oil against E.

vermiculata adults, considering as novel technique.

Under laboratory conditions, the highest mortalities (%) of snails were (73.33 %) recorded with a concentration 20 % of usable Kz oil followed by (66.67 %) for expired Kz oil at the same concentration after three weeks of treatment.

Field results were recorded reduction in population of snails by (31.93 and 27.83 %) from used baits of usable and expired Kz oil, respectively at concentration (10 %) after three weeks from treatment.

At concentration (20 %) and the same field conditions, mortalities (%) were (68.19 and 62.08 %) with usable and expired Kz oil, respectively.

Biochemical studies were recorded increasing percentage reached its maximum level for tested snails after one week of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzymes recorded (-11.92 and -3.52) and (-33.33 and -5.39) for snails treatment using baits of usable Kz oil, at concentrations 10 and 20 % respectively, (- 9.26 and - 4.58) and (- 29.93 and - 12.53) for snails treatment using baits of expired Kz oil, at the same concentrations, respectively.