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Insecticidal activity and composition of essential oils from Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica against the model and stored product pest beetle Tribolium castaneum

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This study is the first report to compare the compositions of the gum, fruit and leaves essential oils of Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica and the fumigant toxicity against the model and important stored product pest insect, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Col.: Tenebrionidae). The essential oils of the three parts showed qualitative differences in their chemical compositions, but the major common compounds were α-pinene, spathulenol, β-myrcene and D-limonene. The fumigant tests against Tribolium beetles confirmed insecticide activity and the gum essential oil was the most toxic; the concentration to kill 50 % of treated insects (LC50) was 29 μl/l air. Our data confirm the usefulness of natural plant products as essential oils from Pistacia trees to be used as a botanic fumigant insecticide against important pest insects.

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This research is supported by fund of Scientific Research University of Kurdistan (Research Center of Medicinal Plant Breeding and Development).

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

    Amin Sadeghi & Maryam Pourya

  2. Research Center of Medicinal Plant Breeding and Development, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

    Amin Sadeghi

  3. Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Guy Smagghe

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• First report of composition of the gum, fruit and leaves essential oils of Pistacia atlantica subsp. Kurdica; the major common compounds were α-pinene, spathulenol, β-myrcene and D-limonene

• Fumigant toxicity against the model and important stored product pest insect, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Col.: Tenebrionidae

• The gum essential oil was the most toxic; the concentration to kill 50 % of treated insects (LC50) was 29 μl/l air.

• Our data confirm the usefulness of natural plant products as essential oils from Pistacia trees to be used as a botanic fumigant insecticide against important pest insects.

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Sadeghi, A., Pourya, M. & Smagghe, G. Insecticidal activity and composition of essential oils from Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica against the model and stored product pest beetle Tribolium castaneum . Phytoparasitica 44, 601–607 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-016-0551-0

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