ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The efficacy of some synthetic monoterpenes and Yucca extract for controlling Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) in wheat grain
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Pesticides Chemistry and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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Department of Stored Products Pests Research, Sakha Station, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2023-08-12
Acceptance date: 2023-11-06
Online publication date: 2024-02-06
Corresponding author
Aly Derbalah
Pesticides Chemistry and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Pesticides Chemistry and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2024;64(1):1-10
HIGHLIGHTS
- Eco-friendly control agents to protect stored products from insect are in demand
- Monoterpenes and Yucaa extract effectively control the red flour beetle
- The toxicity of the tested control agents may be due to biochemical alterations
- No significant reduction in the weight loss of the treated wheat grain
- The tested ecofriendly control agents are promising for protecting wheat grain
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ABSTRACT
The study’s objective was to assess the efficacy and to identify the toxic mechanisms of
action of some plant-derived monoterpenes and yucca extract as alternatives to chemical
insecticides against the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Carvone, 1,8-cineole,
cuminaldehyde, and linalool, as well as Yucca schidgera extract, were the control agents
whose efficacy against the red flour beetle was tested in the laboratory and compared to
malathion. The criteria for evaluating efficacy were the effects of the tested compounds
on adult mortality and red flour beetle progeny. Furthermore, the effects of the control
agents on some enzymes (Acetylcholinesterase, ά-amylase, and alkaline phosphatase) in
T. castaneum were investigated. Moreover, the effect of the tested control measures on
weight loss of treated wheat grain was studied. The tested substances showed a high ability
to control T. castaneum with regard to adult mortality and offspring production, especially
when used as fumigants. For adult mortality, malathion showed the highest potential against
T. castaneum as a fumigant, followed by carvone, yucca extract, cuminaldehyde, linalool,
and 1,8-cineole with LC50 values of 0.05, 331.5, 365.1, 372.2, 460, and 467.5 mg · 1000 cm–2
after 72 hours, respectively. The highest reduction in progeny was for malathion followed
by carvone, linalool, cineole, yucca extract, and cuminaldehyde with reduction percentages
of 100, 90, 89.3,79.4 and 65.8%, respectively. The tested compounds significantly affected
acetylcholinesterase activity, alpha-amylase activity, and alkaline phosphatase in the
red flour beetle. There was no significant reduction in the weight of wheat grains treated
with the tested materials compared to the untreated healthy grains. Finally, the tested compounds
as fumigants, especially 1,8-cineole, can be considered as effective alternatives to
control the red flour beetle.
RESPONSIBLE EDITOR
Tomasz Klejdysz
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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