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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
The essential oil of Artemisia annua L. was tested for its toxic repellent and development inhibitory activities against 2 economically important stored product insects: Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and Callosobruchus maculatus (L.). Adult beetles of T. castaneum were repelled significantly by oil of A. annua at 1% concentration (vol:vol) and above in filter paper arena test. Dose-response relationship of A. annua oil revealed a significant negative correlation between larval survival; pupal survival and adult emergence of T. castaneum (i.e., increase in dose caused decrease in survival and adult emergence). Effective concentration (EC50) to reduce F1 progeny by 50% was calculated to be 2.6 and 4.1 microl/ml solvent against both the insect species, C. maculatus and T. castaneum, respectively. The relationship between bioactivity of oil from A. annua and responses of T. castaneum and C. maculatus is discussed. We found that oil from A. annua was largely responsible for both repellent (behavioral) and toxic (physiological) actions on 2 species of insect tested.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-0493
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Repellency and toxicity of oil from Artemisia annua to certain stored-product beetles.
pubmed:affiliation
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't