“…Identification and development of antimicrobial products to kill or inhibit microbial growth with higher efficiency but lower toxicity to animals and environmental problems are of paramount importance. In the last decade, considerable research has been done in the evaluation of plant derivatives, quaternary ammonium salts, and homeopathic and inorganic salts as antimicrobial compounds that can be used in sericulture (Porto & Okamoto, 2000;Porto et al, 2005;Hiware, 2006;Brancalhão et al, 2013;Chavan et al, 2015;Fernandes et al, 2016;Dileepkumar et al, 2018). Imidazolium salts (IS) are ionic compounds consisting of an organic cation, carrying an imidazolium ring and an organic or inorganic anion (Schrekker et al, 2008(Schrekker et al, , 2013.…”