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Antifeedant activity of crude extracts and fractions isolated from Catharanthus roseus leaf against spotted bollworm, Earias vittella

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The present investigation was aimed to explore the antifeedant activity of hexane, dichloromethane (DCM), acetone and aqueous extracts of leaves of Catharanthus roseus against the shoot and fruit borer of bhendi, Earias vittella. Among the different crude extracts tested, at 5 % concentration of DCM extract revealed significant antifeedant activity against E. vittella. This crude extract was further separated into five fractions with silica gel column. The fraction five showed maximum antifeedant activity of 84.60 % at 1000 ppm concentration. The study, suggested that crude and fractions from C. roseus exhibited biopesticidal activity against E. vittella. It could be studied further and develop formulation for control the agricultural pests.

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The first author is grateful to Department of Science and Technology (DST), Division of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for providing financial assistance under Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist Project (Grant No. SERC/LS-0412/2010).

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    1. Post Graduate & Research Department of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), Tiruvedakam West, Madurai District, 625234,, Tamil Nadu, India

      Manickam Pavunraj & Palanisamy Rajendran

    2. Department of Entomology and Ecotoxicology, Bioscience Research Foundation, Porur, Chennai, 600 116,, Tamil Nadu, India

      Kathirvelu Baskar

    3. Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 627012,, Tamil Nadu, India

      Kanniah Paulkumar

    4. Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025,, Tamil Nadu, India

      Sundaram Janarthanan

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    Pavunraj, M., Baskar, K., Paulkumar, K. et al. Antifeedant activity of crude extracts and fractions isolated from Catharanthus roseus leaf against spotted bollworm, Earias vittella . Phytoparasitica 44, 419–422 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-016-0521-6

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