EVALUATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF Eucalyptus spp. FOR THE CONTROL OF THE SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE Coptotermes gestroi (WASMAN)1
| Autor: | Vanessa Coelho da Silva, Massako Nakaoka Sakita, Talita Vieira Zampieri Mikola, Mário Eidi Sato, Marcos Roberto Potenza, Fabricio Caldeira Reis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Population Isoptera 01 natural sciences law.invention Toxicology law Coptotermes gestroi lcsh:Forestry education Essential oil 040101 forestry education.field_of_study Eucalyptus citriodora biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Plant extracts Contamination biology.organism_classification Eucalyptus 010602 entomology lcsh:SD1-669.5 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Extrato de plantas PEST analysis Rhinotermitidae |
| Zdroj: | Revista Árvore v.41 n.2 2017 Revista Árvore Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) instacron:SIF Revista Árvore, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Article number: e410217, Published: 08 FEB 2017 Revista Árvore, Vol 41, Iss 2 (2017) |
| Popis: | The subterranean termite Coptotermes gestroi (Wasman) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) is considered one of the main pest species in urban areas in the Southeast Region of Brazil. For the control of this pest, the use of chemical insecticides is recommended, but this method is problematic in urban areas because of the risks of intoxication in the population and environmental contamination along with difficulties in isolating the treated areas. Therefore, it is necessary to find alternative methods aimed at minimizing the undesirable effects on the human population and the environment caused by termite control measures. The objective of this research was to evaluate the toxicity of several essential oils of Eucalyptus (E. camaldulensis, E. citriodora, E. tereticornis, E. pseudoglobulus, and E. maidenii) to the termite C. gestroi, under laboratory conditions. The oils were applied on filter papers that were infested with C. gestroi immediately after the treatment. The most toxic oil to the termite was E. citriodora, with the lowest lethal concentration (LC50: 0.63%) and the shortest lethal time (LT50 |
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