towards new botanical pesticides: the toxic effect of eremanthus goyazensis (asteraceae) leaves essential oil against brevipalpus phoenicis (acari: tenuipalpidae)
;Edson L. L. Baldin;Efrain S. Souza;José Paulo G. F. Silva;Daniel P. Pavarini;Norberto P. Lopes;João L. C. Lopes;Gustavo H. B. Souza
greece and rome2012Vol. 35pp. 2254-2257
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baldin2012qumicatowards
Abstract
This work reports the chemical characterization of Eremanthusgoyzensis essential oil and its toxic effect over Brevipalpus phoenicis. The essential oil displayed a major composition of sesquiterpenes (61.87%) including trans-caryophillene (26.81%) and germacrene-D (13.31%). The fumigation test indicated a promising bioactivity over adult B. phoenicis individuals at 24 h (2.03 µL/L of air) and 48 h (1.08 µL/L of air) of exposition. A brief discussion of essential oils composition and their singular role on the toxic effect over B. phoenicis is provided here. Our results may contribute to a new and profitable use of a species of Brazilian flora on agribusiness.