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Effect of Orange, Citrus sinensis (L.) Peel Oil on Reproduction in Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.)

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The potential egg production and egg viability of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.) was significantly towered when moths of either sex were exposed in 250 ml glass jars to vapours of orange peel oil emanating from 160 μ oil. Oviposition and egg hatching was totally inhibited when female moths of both sexes were exposed to 220 μl of the oil.

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Le potentiel reproductif (exprimè par le nombre d’oeufs et leur viabilite) des mites de pomme de terre Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.) etait significativement diminuè quand les mites des deux sex étaient exposes au vapeur de 160 μl huile d’ecorce d’orange. Oviposition et éclosion d’oeufs etaient prohibes quand les males et femmelles des mites etaient exposés au vapeur de 220 μl d’huile.

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    Aziza Sharaby

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Sharaby, A. Effect of Orange, Citrus sinensis (L.) Peel Oil on Reproduction in Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.). Int J Trop Insect Sci 9, 201–203 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1017/S174275840000597X

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