Indian Journal of Agricultural Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue: 6

Insecticidal effect of two chemotypes of the essential oil of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh against Aphis fabae scopoli

  • Author:
  • M. Mehani1,2,*, A. Rezzag2, A. Chelgui2, Ladjel Segni1
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 1275 to 1282

1Laboratory of Process Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ouargla University, Ouargla, Algeria

2Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Ghardaia, Ghardaia, 47000, Algeria

*Corresponding Author: M. Mehani, Laboratory of Process Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ouargla University, Ouargla, Algeria, Email: mounameh@gmail.com

Online published on 13 June, 2025.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study the insecticidal and repellent effect of the essential oil of the plant Eucalyptus camaldulensis Red Dehnh extracted by hydrodistillation method planted in the Ouargla region against the black aphid.

The insecticidal effect of essential oils against aphid mortality by the introduction of bean leaflets in the different oily extracts with different concentrations and the count of dead individuals after 3, 6 and 24 h at the physiology laboratory in Ghardaia University.

Through this study, the leaves treated with the major compounds of Eucalyptus camaldulensis essential oil such as Benzene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl) at 35 per cent concentration after 24 hours, a 65 per cent aphid mortality was recorded which is more effective compared to Sabinene and essential oils of Eucalyptus camaldulensis at different concentrations (5; 35% and 50 per cent). As for the repellent effect is 87 per cent after 6 hours for the pure essential oil of E. camaldulensis.

Keywords

Aphid repellent effect, Aphis fabae scopoli, Bean, Chemotype, Essential oil, Insecticidal