Indian Journal of Entomology

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  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue: 1

Effect of some Essential Oils on the Oviposition and Emergence of Callosobruchus SPP

  • Author:
  • Abhay K. Pandey, A. K. Mishra, Pooja Singh, N. N. Tripathi
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 10 to 14

Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur-273009

*Email: pooja.ddu@gmail.com

Abstract

Four essential oils viz., Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Clausena pentaphylla (Roxb.), Mentha arvensis L. and Ocimum sanctum L. were evaluated on the pulse beetles (Callosobruchus chinensis and C. maculatus) on pigeon pea grains. The contact toxicity was found to be most effective in comparison to fumigant and seed fumigation. All these oils exhibited inhibition of oviposition and emergence.

Keywords

Callosobruchus spp, essential oil, oviposition, emergence