title: Insecticidal effect of essential oils from mediterranean plants uponAcanthoscelides Obtectus Say (Coleoptera, Bruchidae), a pest of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).
abstract: The bioactivity of 22 essential oils from aromatic and medicinal plants was tested uponAcanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera, Bruchidae), a pest of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The insecticidal effect was evaluated by determination of 24- and 48-hr LC50 and LC50 (from 1.50 mg/ dm(3) to more than 1000 mg/dm(3)). Isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids were identified by gas chromatography. The most efficient essential oils were extracted from plants belonging to Labiatae.Origanum marjorana andThymus serpyllum essential oils were the most toxic.
authors.affiliation: Sciences Biologiques, IBEAS, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regnault-Roger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamraoui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holeman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Theron
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinel