Antifeedant Activity of Citrus Waste Wax and Its Fractions Against the Dry Wood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis
| Autor: | Mauricio Mato, María Verónica Cesio, Neiva Monteiro de Barros, Ana Carolina Sbeghen-Loss, Caren Frizzo, Horacio Heinzen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Citrus
ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Kalotermitidae Fractionation Isoptera Biology Article Feeding behavior Botany Oils Volatile Animals Wax coumarins ved/biology General Medicine Feeding Behavior biology.organism_classification Horticulture bioactivity Insect Science visual_art wood protection Waxes Citrus latifolia waste wax visual_art.visual_art_medium Cryptotermes brevis Citrus fruit |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Insect Science |
| ISSN: | 1536-2442 |
| Popis: | The wood protective action of citrus wax, a waste from the citrus industry that is a mixture of citrus fruit epicuticular waxes and essential oils, was evaluated against the termite Cryptotermes brevis Walker (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). The antifeedant index (AI) of the total wax and fractions was calculated. The total citrus wax exhibited an AI50 value of 24.69 mg/cm3, the wax after hydrodistillation showed the strongest antifeedant property (AI50 11.68 mg/cm3). Fractionation of the wax and gas chromatography—mass spectrometric analysis allowed the identification of coumarins and furancoumarins as the active compounds. These results suggest the potential use of these industrial residues as a natural approach to termite control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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