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Plant-derived essential oils affecting settlement and oviposition of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B on tomato

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The silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an economically important pest of tomatoes Solanum lycopersicum (L.), causing irregular ripening on fruits and transmitting several plant pathogenic geminiviruses. The management of this pest is commonly based on repetitive spraying with synthetic pesticides, causing serious environmental damages and increase of resistance by insect population. In the present study, essential oils from the leaves of Artemisia camphorata Vill., Ageratum conyzoides L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br., Plectranthus neochilus Schltr., and Tagetes erecta L. were investigated for their possible repellent and oviposition-deterrent effects against B. tabaci biotype B on tomato. In a multi-choice assay, P. neochilus essential oil was the most active repellent and oviposition deterrent. Essential oils of A. conyzoides and T. erecta significantly deterred the female B. tabaci biotype B from laying eggs on treated tomato leaflets compared with the control. (E)-Caryophyllene (30.67 %) and the monoterpenes α-pinene (15.02 %) and α-thujene (11.70 %) were identified as the major constituents of the essential oil of P. neochilus. Our findings demonstrated the potential of essential oil of P. neochilus and other oils in the reduction of settlement and oviposition of B. tabaci biotype B on tomato.

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The authors wish to express their thanks to the São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP (Projects 07/54241-8 and 07/50688-8) for the financial support, and to Marilyn A. Weidner (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA) for improving upon the language.

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  1. Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, São Paulo State University, PO Box 237, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18610-307, Brazil

    Edson L. L. Baldin, José P. G. F. Silva & Efrain S. Souza

  2. Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Franca University, Franca, São Paulo, 14404-600, Brazil

    Antônio E. M. Crotti, Kamila A. L. Wakabayashi, Gabriela P. Aguiar & Rodrigo C. S. Veneziani

  3. Department of Biology, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14040-404, Brazil

    Milton Groppo

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Baldin, E.L.L., Crotti, A.E.M., Wakabayashi, K.A.L. et al. Plant-derived essential oils affecting settlement and oviposition of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B on tomato. J Pest Sci 86, 301–308 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-012-0462-x

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