Title: | A Primary Screening and Applying of Plant Volatiles as Repellents to Control Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on Tomato |
Author(s): | Du W; Han X; Wang Y; Qin Y; |
Address: | "Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. Tangshan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tangshan City 063001, China. Dry-Land Farming Institute of Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui 053000, China" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "With the goal of finding a new way to reduce population densities of Bemisia tabaci biotype Q in greenhouses, seven repellent volatile chemicals and their combinations were screened. The mixture of DLCO (D-limonene, citral and olive oil (63:7:30)) had a better cost performance(SC50 = 22.59 mg/ml)to repel whiteflies from settling than the other mixtures or single chemicals. In the greenhouse, in both the choice test and the no-choice tests, the number of adult whiteflies that settled on 1% DLCO-treated tomato plants was significantly lower than those settling on the control plants for the different exposure periods (P < 0.01). In the choice test, the egg amount on the treated tomato plants was significantly lower (P < 0.01) than that on the control plants, but there was no significant difference (P > 0.05) between the number of eggs on treated and control plants in the no-choice test. Compared with the controls, 1% DLCO did not cause significantly statistic mortality rates (P > 0.05) out of different living stages of B. tabaci. The tests for evaluating the repellent efficacy, showed that a slow-releasing bottle containing the mixture had a period of efficacy of 29 days, and the application of this mixture plus a yellow board used as a push-pull strategy in the greenhouse was also effective" |
Keywords: | "Analysis of Variance Animals Cyclohexenes/isolation & purification/toxicity Environment, Controlled Hemiptera/*drug effects/growth & development Insect Control/methods Insect Repellents/isolation & purification/*toxicity Limonene Linear Models Solanum lyc;" |
Notes: | "MedlineDu, Wenxiao Han, Xiaoqing Wang, Yubo Qin, Yuchuan eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2016/02/26 Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 24; 6:22140. doi: 10.1038/srep22140" |