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25 September 2020 Repellent and Oviposition Deterrent Effect of Bio-rational Green Extracts Against Peach Fruit Fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders)
Alia Tajdar, Anum Ishfaq, Muhammad Sarmad, Syed Muhammad Zaka
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Abstract

The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata S. is a species that can cause important economic losses to various fruit species, with more than 50 host plants. In this study, repellent and oviposition deterrent effects of methanol (Mx), ethanol (Ex) and distilled water (Dx) extracts of moringa bark and leaves, cinnamon, peppermint and ginger were evaluated at different concentrations (10, 20 and 30%) against B. zonata adults. The experiment was carried out by using free choice test. Among all extracts, peppermint (Pm) extracts (Pm-Mx, Pm-Ex and Pm-Dx) delivered important repellent activity at the maximum dosage (30%), i.e. 0.50, 0.75 and 0.50 mean number of adults, respectively; while, the minimum repellent activity was observed in moringa bark of all three extracts. Correspondingly, all extracts have oviposition deterrent effect but Peppermint (Pm) extracts (Pm-Mx, Pm-Ex and Pm-Dx), deliver the best effect. The present investigation revealed that bio-active extracts can be used as alternative cost-effective, safe, and environment-friendly insecticides for the effective management of B. zonata in order to reduce the ecological hazards caused by traditional chemical pesticides.

© 2019 Kansas Entomological Society
Alia Tajdar, Anum Ishfaq, Muhammad Sarmad, and Syed Muhammad Zaka "Repellent and Oviposition Deterrent Effect of Bio-rational Green Extracts Against Peach Fruit Fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders)," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 92(4), 617-626, (25 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.4.617
Received: 14 May 2019; Accepted: 18 February 2020; Published: 25 September 2020
KEYWORDS
B. zonata
bio-rational
extracts
oviposition deterrent
repellent
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