Journal of Entomological Research

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 4

Insecticidal activity of Petroselinum crispum essential oil on mosquitoes

1Laboratory of Applied Animal Biology, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria

Laboratory of Water and Environment, Larbi Tebessa University, Tebessa, Algeria

*Corresponding author's present address: Larbi Tebessi University, Tebessa, Algeria, E-mail: fouzia.djebbar@univ-tebessa.dz

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the chemical composition of Petroselinum crispum (Umbellifereae) essential oil and to evaluate its impact on mortalities of larvae and pupae of two most abundant mosquito species in Tebessa (East Algeria), Culex pipiens and Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae). The essential oil was tested at different concentrations ranging between 5 and 60 ppm on newly molted thirdinstar larvae, between 10 and 70 ppm on newly molted fourth-instar larvae and between 10 and 150 ppm on instar pupae of the two species of mosquito under standard laboratory conditions according to the World Health Organization recommendations. Results revealed twenty-five compounds identified by GC/MS. The major compounds were Pulegone (51.06%) and D-Limonene (18.77%). Insecticidal tests revealed that this essential oil exhibited larvicidal and pupicidal properties with dose-response relationship. Due to its mosquitocidal efficacy, P. Crispum essential oil could be considered as an attractive candidate for further study in monitoring resistance of mosquito vectors.

Keywords

Culex pipiens, Culiseta longiareolata, Essential oils, Petroselinum crispum, Toxicity