Qualitative Determination, Quantitative Evaluation and Comparative Insecticidal Potential of Ruta Graveolens Essential Oil and Its Major Constituents in the Management of Two Stored Pests Sitophilus Zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) And Corcyra Cephalon
Keywords:
Ruta graveolens, Sitophilus zeamais, Corcyra cephalonica, contact insecticidal activity, long chain aliphatic methyl ketones
Abstract
Eco-chemical control based on essential oil mediated plant-insect interactions is an alternative method to the unsystematic use of insecticides, due to advanced structural diversity and allelopathic potential of essential oils. In this sense, present work was aimed at qualitative and quantitative investigation of chemical composition and the evaluation of insecticidal activities of Ruta graveolens essential oil and its major constituents against Sitophilus zeamais and Corcyra cephalonica in stored maize. Fresh leaves were subjected to hydrodistillaton and the chemical composition of oil was studied. Essential oil and its major constituents were then assessed for their allelopathic activity on test insects. Fifty components were identified, where long chain aliphatic 2-methyl ketones predominated the oil as major constituents. Results revealed strong concentration-, insect species- and time-dependent toxicities, in which oil caused 100 % mortalities at concentrations of 1.52 and 0.46 µL/cm2 against S. zeamais and C. cephalonica respectively after 24 hours of exposure. In aliphatic 2-methyl ketone series, respective congeners having odd and even number of carbon atoms were more effective on S. zeamais and C. cephalonica. These findings provide a scientific basis for the eco-potential of using essential oil of R. graveolens and its major constituents in integrated insect pest management programs.
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Krishna-Ayyar PN (1930). A very destructive pest of stored products in south India Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 25, 155-169.
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Sode OJ, Mazaud F, & Troude F (ed) (1995). Economics of grain storage. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stored-Grain Ecosystem. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, USA.
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Tripathi AK, Prajapati V, Khanuja SP & Kumar S (2003). Effect of d-limonene on three three stored-product beetles. Journal of Economic Entomology, 96(3), 990-995.
Wekesa I, Onek LA, Deng AL, Hasanali A & Othira JO (2011). Toxicity and repellent potency of Hyptis spicigera extracts on Sitophilus zeamais motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products and Postharvest Research, 2(6), 113-119.
Zhu L, Li Y, Li B, Lu B and Xia N (1993). Aromatic plants and essential constituents. Hai Feng Publishing, Hong Kong, pp 156.
Zhu, S., Lu, X., Dong, L, Xing, J, Su X, Kong H, Xu, G., & Wu, C. (2005). Quantitative determination of compounds in tobacco essential oils by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of –flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 1086, 107-114.
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