Toxicity and physiological effects of ajwain (Carum copticum, Apiaceae) essential oil and its major constituents against Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
Binominal mixture
Detoxifying enzyme
Essential oil
Tuta absoluta
Journal
Chemosphere
ISSN: 1879-1298
Titre abrégé: Chemosphere
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0320657
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
16
02
2020
revised:
14
05
2020
accepted:
15
05
2020
pubmed:
25
5
2020
medline:
24
7
2020
entrez:
25
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The effects of Ajwain essential oil and its major constituents were investigated against newly fourth instar larvae of Tuta absoluta, a major pest of tomato cropping in Iran and other parts of the world. The study included individual efficacy of each compound and determination of their synergistic or antagonistic efficacy. We also determined the activities of detoxifying enzymes in treated insects. According to the results, the Ajwain essential oil and thymol showed the highest toxicity against T. absoluta larvae (LC
Identifiants
pubmed: 32447114
pii: S0045-6535(20)31296-0
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127103
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Cymenes
0
Oils, Volatile
0
4-cymene
1G1C8T1N7Q
Thymol
3J50XA376E
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
127103Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.