Toxicity and Oviposition Deterrence and Repellency of<i>Mentha pulegium</i>(Lamiacaeae) Essential Oils against<i>Tetranychus urticae</i>Koch (Teteranychidae)

Mozaffari, Fatemeh; Abbasipour, Habib; Garjan, Aziz Sheikhi; Saboori, Alireza; Mahmoudvand, Mohammad

doi:10.1080/0972060x.2013.854500

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“…In addition to attracting the predatory mites, candy mint VOCs appear to repel adult T. urticae females (Supplemental Fig. 3), a finding similar to the findings that the essential oils of Lamiaceae are repellent to the spider mites 16–18 . Together, our findings indicate that the mint VOCs should work synergistically for pest management, owing not only to their attractivity to predatory mites but also to their multi-functions in the ecosystem, for instance, repelling insect and mite herbivores and boosting anti-herbivore activity in neighboring crops 20 .…”

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“…Regarding mints ( Mentha spp.) that serve as CPs, aromatic essential oils (including VOCs) of M. pulegium L. , M. longifolia L. and M. × piperita L. have been shown to exhibit toxicity against eggs of T. urticae and repellent activity towards T. urticae adults 16–18 . However, since little is known about the attractivity of mint volatiles for herbivore enemies, we assessed the attraction of two predatory mites ( P. persimilis and N. californicus ) to mint VOCs using a Y-tube olfactometer.…”

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Mint companion plants attract the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

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Rim

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Mint plants could theoretically serve as companion plants (CPs) that attract enemies of herbivores in tritrophic interactions. In order to explore the traits of mint volatiles as attractant cues for enemies of two-spotted spider mites, we performed Y-tube olfactometer assays of predatory mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus, towards three mint species, apple mint, candy mint, and spearmint, as odor source. Clean candy mint and spearmint were attractive to P. persimilis, when compared with clean air and undamaged Phaseolus vulgaris plants serving as the target crop. Moreover, clean candy mint plants were even more attractive than volatiles from P. vulgaris plants damaged by spider mites. These predator responses were induced additively by candy mint volatiles plus volatiles from damaged P. vulgaris plants, as shown using both Y-tube olfactometer and open-space assay systems. However, the number of spider mite eggs consumed by P. persimilis on P. vulgaris plants did not differ in the presence compared to the absence of mint volatiles, indicating that mint volatiles affect the attraction but not the appetite of P. persimilis. Together, these findings suggest that the use of candy mint and spearmint as CPs is an ideal platform for spider mite pest management via the attraction of predatory mites.

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Mint companion plants attract the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

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“…Essential oils can be suitable alternatives to synthetic pesticides. Fumigant toxicity of essential oils derived from some plants, such as Mentha pulegium L. (Mozaffari et al, 2013), Satureja hortensis L., Ocimum basilicum L., Thymus vulgaris L. (Aslan et al, 2004), Cymbopogon nardus L., Euggenia caryophyllata Thunberg, Eucalyptus citriodora Hook and Salvia officinalis L. (Han et al, 2010), has been investigated on T. turkestanii. Also, contact toxicities of Rosmarinus officinalis L. and S. officinalis essential oils have been recorded against the mite (Miresmailii et al, 2006).…”

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Contact and fumigant toxicity of Foeniculum vulgare and Citrus limon essential oils against Tetranychus turkestani and its predator Orius albidipennis

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Tetranychus turkestani is one of the most important pests of greenhouse plants in the southern provinces of Iran. Several benefits of using essential oils over chemical pesticides make them appropriate for IPM programs. Contact and fumigant toxicity of the essential oils of Foeniculum vulgare and Citrus limon against the spider mite and its predator, Orius albidipennis were investigated under laboratory conditions. Contact toxicity experiments were conducted at six concentrations, (0, 50, 100, 300, 800 and 2000 ppm) of each essential oil on the mature and immature life stages of the pest, and mortalities were recorded 72 h after exposure. In fumigant toxicity trials, LC 50 values of the essential oils were determined on different developmental stages of T. turkestani and O. albidipennis. At 800 and 2000 ppm, both essential oils had high contact toxicity on the eggs, 2 nd instar nymphs and adults of T. turkestani, while the same concentrations caused less mortality on O. albidipennis. No significant phytotoxicity of the essential oils was observed. The mortality rates of T. turkestani and O. albidipennis increased as concentration was increased. Also, the 2 nd instar nymph of T. turkestani was more sensitive to contact application of the essential oils than other developmental stages. In the fumigant toxicity bioassay, LC 50 values of the essential oil derived from F. vulgare on the egg, 2 nd instar nymph and adult of T. turkestani were 16.08, 7.98 and 14.06, and the values for C. limon essential oil were 11.6, 9.86 and 11.52 µl × l-1 air, respectively. The highest fumigant toxicity was observed against the 2 nd instar nymphs of the mite. Fumigant toxicity of the essential oils was lower against O. albidipennis than against T. turkestani. This data suggests that the essential oils of these plants have the potential of being employed in the IPM programs of T. turkestani in greenhouse crops, especially cucumber.

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“…The same results in another study were observed on T. urticae , a serious pest of many agricultural crops. The phytotoxicity of M. pulegium was significant against this pest after 24 h [ 40 , 41 ].…”

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Evaluation of the Effect of Four Bioactive Compounds in Combination with Chemical Product against Two Spider Mites Tetranychus urticae and Eutetranychus orientalis(Acari: Tetranychidae)

Assouguem

Kara

Ramzi

et al. 2022

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Currently, pests control using chemical acaricides constitutes worries for ecologists and health care people as these chemical products create damage to the ecosystem as well as the development of spider mites resistance. Such concerns request deep and rapid feedback by looking for new alternative and eco-friendly methods. In recent years, a new field is evolving in the use of essential oils in pest management practices. Essential oils have been considered as potential pest management agents, because they demonstrate to have a broad range of bioactivity, possess contact, and fumigant toxicity. In addition, the major advantages of many plant-based acaricides lie in their low toxicity to agroecosystems. Botanical acaricides composed of essential oils may prove to be a good choice for the more persistent synthetic acaricides. In this study, the acaricidal effect of four plant-derived essential oils against adults of the two important crop pests, Tetranychus urticae (Koch) 1836 and Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) 1936 are studied. The fumigant toxicity revealed that all the essential oils tested Mentha pulegium L., Lavandula stoechas L., Rosmarinus officinalis L., and Origanum compactum Benth (Lamiaceae family) displayed an acaricidal effect. At the highest dose (625 µl/ml), mortalities recorded were found between 91 and 98% and 92 and 99% at 24 and 48 h, respectively, for T. urticae, and between 90 and 98% and 94 and 99% at 24 and 48 h, respectively, for E. orientalis. The M. pulegium L. essential oil represents the highest activity against E. orientalis and T. urticae. For the binary combination between the EOs (essential oils) and the acaricide based on the active ingredient acequinocyl, the results showed that the mixture of O. compactum EO (essential oil) + acequinocyl exhibited an important acaricidal effect on T. urticae and E. orientalis with 99% at 24 h and 100% at 48 h of mortality, followed by M. pulegium EO + acequinocyl with 92% at 24 h and 95% at 48 h for T. urticae as well as 99% at 24 h and 100% at 48 h for E. orientalis of mortality. Whereas, the mixture of L. stoechas EO + acequinocyl presented the lowest activity against T. urticae and E. orientalis with 82–87% at 24 h and 86–90% at 48 h, respectively. The mixtures (M. pulegium EO + acequinocyl, R. officinalis EO + acequinocyl, and O. compactum EO + acequinocyl) exerted a high acaricidal effect against E. orientalis. These promising results could help to develop botanical pesticides that could be used in integrated pest management.

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Toxicity and Oviposition Deterrence and Repellency ofMentha pulegium(Lamiacaeae) Essential Oils againstTetranychus urticaeKoch (Teteranychidae)

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Mint companion plants attract the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

Mint companion plants attract the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis

Contact and fumigant toxicity of Foeniculum vulgare and Citrus limon essential oils against Tetranychus turkestani and its predator Orius albidipennis

Evaluation of the Effect of Four Bioactive Compounds in Combination with Chemical Product against Two Spider Mites Tetranychus urticae and Eutetranychus orientalis(Acari: Tetranychidae)

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