Title: | Attraction behaviour of Anagrus nilaparvatae to remote lemongrass (Cymbopogon distans) oil and its volatile compounds |
Author(s): | Mao GF; Mo XC; Fouad H; Abbas G; Mo JC; |
Address: | "a Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology , Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China. b Department of Field Crop Pests , Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre , Cairo , Egypt. c Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Gujarat , Gujarat , Pakistan" |
DOI: | 10.1080/14786419.2017.1326486 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1478-6427 (Electronic) 1478-6419 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Utilisation of Anagrus nilaparvatae is a promising and effective method for planthoppers manipulation. Twenty-seven components of remote lemongrass (Cymbopogon distans) oil were identified by GC/MS and nine volatiles were selected for behavioural experiments. In this study, we noted that the remote lemongrass oil was attractive to female A. nilaparvatae at concentrations of 0.1 and 1 mg/L. alpha-Pinene, beta-pinene, eucalyptol, carveol and D-carvone attracted female wasps in the dose-dependent bioassays. Blend 1 (a mixture of eucalyptol, D-carvone, carveol, alpha-pinene, and beta-pinene with ratios of remote lemongrass oil volatiles of 625:80:11:5:3) attracted female wasps at 10 mg/L, while blend 2 (a mixture of the same five volatiles at the same loading ratio) attracted them at 0.1 and 1 mg/L. These results suggested that plant essential oils could be attractants for natural enemies to control pests. The ratios of volatiles in the mixtures affect the attractiveness of the synthetic mixtures" |
Keywords: | Animals Bicyclic Monoterpenes Biological Control Agents/pharmacology Bridged Bicyclo Compounds/analysis/pharmacology Cyclohexane Monoterpenes Cyclohexanols/analysis/pharmacology Cymbopogon/*chemistry Eucalyptol Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; |
Notes: | "MedlineMao, Guo-Feng Mo, Xiao-Chang Fouad, Hatem Abbas, Ghulam Mo, Jian-Chu eng England 2017/05/16 Nat Prod Res. 2018 Mar; 32(5):514-520. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1326486. Epub 2017 May 15" |