Acaricidal and insecticidal activity of essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of three Mexican Bursera species.

ABSTRACT: In search of new sustainable biopesticides, we determined the phytochemical profiles, acaricidal and insecticidal properties of EOs distilled from the aerial parts of three Mexican Bursera species. Results were obtained by GC-MS analysis and three different bioassays, indicating that the EO of Bursera glabrifolia exhibited high relative abundancies of α-pinene, β-myrcene, and α-phellandrene, as well as promising pesticidal activity against Spodoptera littoralis larvae (LD_50,90 = 32.4, 107.2 µg/larva), and Musca domestica (LD_50,90 = 23.2, 103.2, and 13.5, 77.4 µg/female or male adult, respectively) and Tetranychus urticae adults (LD_50,90 = 7.4, 30.3 µg/cm²). The Bursera lancifolia and Bursera linanoe samples contained mainly D-limonene or linalyl

SUBMITTER: Krengel F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724095 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature