Contact toxicity and repellency of the essential oil of Liriope muscari (DECN.) bailey against three insect tobacco storage pests

In order to find and develop new botanical pesticides against tobacco storage pests, bioactivity screening was performed. The essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of Liriope muscari was investigated by GC/MS and GC/FID. A total of 14 components representing 96.12% of the oil were identified...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2015-01, Vol.20 (1), p.1676-1685
Main Authors: Wu, Yan, Zhang, Wen-Juan, Wang, Ping-Juan, Yang, Kai, Huang, Dong-Ye, Wei, Jian-Yu, Tian, Zhao-Fu, Bai, Jia-Feng, Du, Shu-Shan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Animals
Biological activity
Coleoptera - drug effects
contact activity
essential oil composition
Insect Repellents - toxicity
Insects
Lasioderma serricorne
Liriope
Liriope muscari
Liriope Plant - chemistry
Muscari
Nicotiana - parasitology
Oils & fats
Oils, Volatile - chemistry
Oils, Volatile - toxicity
Pest Control, Biological
Pesticides
repellency
stored product insects
Tobacco
Toxicity
Tribolium castaneum
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Summary:In order to find and develop new botanical pesticides against tobacco storage pests, bioactivity screening was performed. The essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of Liriope muscari was investigated by GC/MS and GC/FID. A total of 14 components representing 96.12% of the oil were identified and the main compounds in the oil were found to be methyl eugenol (42.15%) and safrole (17.15%), followed by myristicin (14.18%) and 3,5-dimethoxytoluene (10.60%). After screening, the essential oil exhibit potential insecticidal activity. In the progress of assay, it showed that the essential oil exhibited potent contact toxicity against Tribolium castaneum, Lasioderma serricorne and Liposcelis bostrychophila adults, with LD50 values of 13.36, 11.28 µg/adult and 21.37 µg/cm2, respectively. The essential oil also exhibited strong repellency against the three stored product insects. At the same concentrations, the essential oil was more repellent to T. castaneum than to L. serricorne adults. The results indicate that the essential oil of Liriope muscari has potential to be developed into a natural insecticide or repellent for controlling insects in stored tobacco and traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules20011676