Pesticidal and pest repellency activities of rhizomes of Drynaria quercifolia (J. Smith) against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)

Abstract

BackgroundTribolium castaneum (Herbst) is a harmful pest of stored grain and flour-based products in tropical and subtropical region. In the present study, rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia (J. Smith) was evaluated for pesticidal and pest repellency activities against T. castaneum, using surface film method and filter paper disc method, respectively. In addition, activity of the isolated compound 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid was evaluated against the pest.ResultsChloroform soluble fraction of ethanol extract of rhizome of D. quercifolia showed significant pesticidal activity at doses 0.88 to 1.77 mg/cm2 and significant pest repellency activity at doses 0.94 to 0.23 mg/cm2. No pesticidal and pest repellency activity was found for petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol soluble fractions of ethanol extract as well as for 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid.ConclusionConsidering our findings it can be concluded that chloroform soluble fraction of rhizome of D. quercifolia is useful in controlling T. castaneum of stored grain and flour-based products.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/0717-6287-47-51) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Insecticidal effects of two medicinal plants Polygonum hydropiper L. and Abrus precatorius L. leaves against the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

“…In every leaf extract, the highest mortality dose was 5000 ppm but a longer interval or higher concentration would be required in some of the extracts to bring about 100% mortality. High mortality rate observed at higher dose agreed with the findings of Kundu et al (2007) who examined the effects of chloroform and ethyl alcohol extracts of Polygonum hydropiper plant on Tribolium castaneum and Khan et al (2014) who experimented the chloroform soluble fraction of ethanol extract of rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia against T. castaneum using Surface/Residual film method. Effects of different plant extracts having insecticidal property as in causing mortality due to direct toxicity is also supported by the findings of Talukder and Howse (1993), Roy et al (2005), Rahman et al (2007), Kundu et al (2007), Ahalya and Mikunthan (2012) and .…”

“…However, some works have been done to determine the efficacy of medicinal plant materials against stored grain insect pests. Investigations on such botanicals have been carried out to determine their insecticidal activity, toxicity, repellency, mortality, residual effects, larval growth and progeny production by Amin et al (2000), Roy et al (2005), Jbilou et al (2006), Rahman et al (2007), Kundu et al (2007), Mondal et al (2012), Ahalya and Mikunthan (2012), Gogoi (2012), Padin et al (2013), Sagheer et al (2014), Khan et al (2014) and Karunakaran et al (2016) on different stored grain insects.…”

Chemical and biological potentialities of the ethyl acetate extracts of Drynaria quercifolia tuber and leaf

“…Plant extracts and compounds obtained by direct extraction from a native producer or by semi-synthesis are now considered as biotechnology medicine (10) . Medicinal application of Drynaria quercifolia has been described in ethnomedicine (11) . Thereby, activities of the ethyl acetate extracts of this plant were evaluated in this study.…”

Phytochemistry, toxicity and feeding inhibitory activity ofMelissa officinalisL. essential oil against a cosmopolitan insect pest;Tribolium castaneumHerbst

“…In the study of Jalal et al (2015), thirty three components were identified representing 89.30% of the total oil composition and citronellal (14.4%), Jemaa et al, 2012;Khanavi et al, 2013;Sefidkon et al, 2007). There were many studies indicated the susceptibility of T. castaneum to plant essential oils (Khan et al, 2015;Kim et al, 2010;Sahaf et al, 2007;Suthisut et al, 2011) but the insecticidal effects of M. officinalis essential oil including lethal and sublethal activities have been estimated in some recent works; high toxicity of M. officinalis essential oil against third instar larvae of Spodoptera littoralis has been approved in the study of Pavela (2005). In the study of Rafiei Karahroodi et al (2009), low concentration of M. officinalis essential oil (0.06, 0.24 and 0.5 mg/kg) produced suitable detergency on nutritional indices of Plodia interpunctella Hubner (Lep., Pyralidae) larvae.…”