Insecticidal activity of essential oils against three stored product beetles in stored wheat
Ranjeet Kumar and PS Pandey
The experiment were tofind out insecticidal activity of essential oils of Chenopodium botrys,Curcuma longa, Citrus reticulata, Lantana camara, Pinus roxburghii, Cymbopogon winerianus, Eucalyptus globules, Cymbopogon flexuosus, Cymbopogon martini were evaluated at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 percent against Sitophilus oryzae, Rhyzopertha dominica and Tribolium castaneumin stored wheat. The essential oil of Chenopodium botrys, Curcuma longa, Citrus reticulata, Lantana camara, Pinus roxburghii at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 percent were found highly effective against Sitophilus oryzae as they caused hundred percent inhibition as compare to untreated control. The essential oil of Chenopodium botrys,Curcuma longa, Citrus reticulata, Lantana camara, Pinus roxburghii, Cymbopogon winerianus, Eucalyptus globules, Cymbopogon flexuosus, Cymbopogon martini at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 percentwere foundhighly effective against Rhyzopertha dominica as they caused hundred percent inhibition as compare to untreated control. The essential oil of Chenopodium botrys, Citrus reticulata, Lantana camara, Pinus roxburghii at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4percent were found highly effective against Tribolium castaneum as they caused hundred percent inhibition as compare to untreated control.