Toxic effects of some insecticides, herbicides, and plant essential oils against Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du val (Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae)
Joint Authors
Ansari, Muhammad Javed
Ghramh, Hamid Ali
Khan, al-Mughayr A.
Anwar, Adil
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad
Said, Qamar
Batul, Muazzama
Iqbal, Naim
Akram, Ahmad
Bibi, Muhammadi
Azim, Shahbaz
Rizvi, Dure Najaf
Bibi, Rihanah
Latif, Suhayl
Khan, Khalid Ali
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 7 (30 Nov. 2019), pp.1767-1771, 5 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-11-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Cereals are staple food for many countries and are grown on millions of hectares of land, but much of the harvest is wasted due to losses by pests.
To minimize these losses, many pesticides are used which are damaging to the environment and human health.
There are debates to get rid of these chemicals but they are still in use at large scale.
An alternative control strategy for insect pests in storage houses is the use of botanicals.
In this study, four plant essential oils, two plant extracts, two herbicides, and two insecticides were used against Tribolium confusum and the comparison of toxicity was made by calculating LC50 and LT50 values.
LC50 values were higher for abamectin (2.09–10.23 mg/L) and cypermethrin (3.41–11.78 mg/L) insecticides followed by neem essential oil (7.39–19.24 mg/L) and citrus extract (10.14–24.50 mg/L).
However, LC50 values were maximum in case of jaman plant extract (22.38–176.42 mg/L) followed by two herbicides, Logran (19.66–39.72 mg/L) and Topik (29.09–47.67 mg/L) However, LC50 values were higher for topic herbicide (24.098 ppm) and jaman essential oil (16.383 ppm) after four days of treatment.
Abamectin and cypermethrin insecticides, neem essential oil and citrus plant extract also killed adults of T.
confusum quicker as compared other essential oils, extracts and herbicides.
Results revealed that botanical formulations being environmentally safe could be used instead of highly hazardous pesticides for stored products’ pests.
This study also elaborates the non-host toxicity of herbicides commonly applied in our agroecosystem.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad& Iqbal, Naim& Said, Qamar& Akram, Ahmad& Batul, Muazzama& Khan, al-Mughayr A.…[et al.]. 2019. Toxic effects of some insecticides, herbicides, and plant essential oils against Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du val (Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 26, no. 7, pp.1767-1771.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad…[et al.]. Toxic effects of some insecticides, herbicides, and plant essential oils against Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du val (Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 26, no. 7 (Nov. 2019), pp.1767-1771.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad& Iqbal, Naim& Said, Qamar& Akram, Ahmad& Batul, Muazzama& Khan, al-Mughayr A.…[et al.]. Toxic effects of some insecticides, herbicides, and plant essential oils against Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du val (Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2019. Vol. 26, no. 7, pp.1767-1771.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910306
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1771
Record ID
BIM-910306