Fumigant Toxicity of Essential Oils and Monoterpenes Against the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst

Byung Ho Lee; Sung Eun Lee; Peter C. Annis; Stephen J. Pratt; Byeoung Soo Park; Faale Tumaalii

doi:10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60158-2

Fumigant Toxicity of Essential Oils and Monoterpenes Against the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst

Byung Ho Lee, Sung Eun Lee, Peter C. Annis, Stephen J. Pratt, Byeoung Soo Park, Faale Tumaalii

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Toxicity of various essential oils and their volatile components against the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) was determined. The most potent fumigant toxicity was found in essential oil from rosemary (LD₅₀ = 7.8 μl/l air) followed by the oils of lemon (LD₅₀ = 16.2 μl/l air), basil (LD₅₀ = 17.8 μl/l air), lime (LD₅₀ = 17.9 μl/l air), and peppermint (LD₅₀ = 25.8 μl/l air). 1,8-Cineole was the most toxic fumigant compound found in rosemary essential oil (LD₅₀ = 7.4 μl/l air) followed by menthone (LD₅₀ = 8.5 μl/l air) and p-cymene (LD₅₀ = 11.4 μl/l air). 1,8-Cineole exhibited similar fumigant toxicity against a PH3-resistant T. castaneum relative to the susceptible insects. Therefore, 1,8-cineole and rosemary essential oil could be a safer fumigant to control stored-product insect pests than those currently used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	237-240
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60158-2
State	Published - Nov 2002

Keywords

1,8-cineole
Rosemary essential oil
Tribolium castaneum
fumigant toxicity
phosphine resistance

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