Antifeedant and insecticidal properties of essential oils of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and garlic (Allium sativum L.) against diamondback moth plutella xylostella (Linnaeus)
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Antifeedant and insecticidal properties of essential oils of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and garlic (Allium sativum L.) against diamondback moth plutella xylostella (Linnaeus)
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Govindaraddi
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Sharma, S.S.
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Curcuma longa, Allium sativum, Antifeedant Plutella xylostella
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Studies on the antifeedant and insecticidal activities of turmeric and garlic essential oils against different stages of Plutella xylostella were carried out under laboratory conditions in the Department of Entomology, CCS, H.A.U., Hisar, India. The treatments included were 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 per cent concentrations of both the oils. All the concentrations of both the oils were better than control in giving larval mortality. However, garlic oil at 1.0 per cent afforded cent per cent larval mortality when exposed topically. Consumption index, growth rate, efficiency of conversion of digested food as well as ingested food and approximate digestibility were also adversely affected in all the treatments. The adults preferred to lay greater number of eggs on the untreated portion of the oviposition substrate as compared to the treated portion, under choice condition. The essential oils also manifested repellent activity by reducing the number of eggs laid by the ovipositing females. Adults fed on an essential oil containing sucrose diet showed comparatively higher mortality, lower longevity and laid significantly fewer eggs with poor hatching. Marked adverse effects on hatching were also noticed when the eggs were dipped in different concentrations of essential oils. Under biological studies on first and third instar larvae of P. xylostella, 0.8 and 1.0 per cent garlic essential oil and 1.0 per cent turmeric essential oil significantly affected larval survival, larval period, pupal period, pupation, adult emergence, longevity and oviposition. Overall garlic essential proved better than turmeric essential oil in affecting the biological parameters of this insect. |
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2016-11-30T10:05:16Z
2016-11-30T10:05:16Z 2005 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/88307
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en
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application/pdf
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CCSHAU
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