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Insecticidal and oviposition deterrent effects of five medicinal plant extracts on the diamondback moth

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The overuse of broad-spectrum insecticides against Plutella xylostella (L.) has brought several environmental and health issues, and an urgent need for more sustainable pest management, such as using botanical pesticides with selective target effects. The present study examined the efficacy of methanolic extracts of the leaves of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), sage (Salvia officinalis L.) and common fumitory (Fumaria officinalis L.), and the seeds of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill) as larvicide and oviposition deterrent on P. xylostella. Bioassays showed higher toxicity (LC50 and LC90) of rosemary (76.51 and 3355.65 mg L−1) and peppermint (78.89 and 2502.95 mg L−1) extracts compared with sage (322.47 and 28,147.82 mg L−1), fennel (777.91 and 86,106.06 mg L−1) and common fumitory (1701.05 and 357,590.80 mg L−1) extracts. Tests using sublethal doses (LC25) revealed that the highest oviposition inhibition was provoked by peppermint (73.8%) and rosemary (72.75%) extracts compared with fennel (65.89%) and common fumitory (62.97%) extracts. The second best oviposition deterrent was sage extract (with an oviposition inhibition of 71.17%). There was no detrimental effects of the plant extracts on the survival of a larval parasitoid, Cotesia vestalis (Haliday). GC–MS analysis revealed that the major components of rosemary extract were 1,3,5-benzetriol 3tms derivative, verbenone and anethole. While menthol, trans-anethole and isomenthone were most dominant compounds in peppermint extract. The present study demonstrated that rosemary and peppermint extracts have great potential to be used as effective and safe insecticides and oviposition deterrents against P. xylostella. The cause and effects of these findings in relation with the plant extract components and from a pest management viewpoint were discussed.

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We would like to thank Azadeh Akhavan-Roofigar (Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan Research and Education Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, AREEO, Isfahan, Iran), Helen Alipanah (Department of Insect Taxonomy, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, AREEO, Tehran, Iran) and Mark R. Shaw (Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, U.K.) for identification of the collected samples of medicinal plants, P. xylostella and C. vestalis, respectively.

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  3. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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Afiunizadeh, M., Karimzadeh, J., Imani, S. et al. Insecticidal and oviposition deterrent effects of five medicinal plant extracts on the diamondback moth. J Plant Dis Prot 129, 805–817 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-022-00592-w

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