Citrus peel essential oil nanoformulations to control the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta: chemical properties and biological activity.

ABSTRACT: The repeated use of conventional synthetic pesticides in crop protection leads to resistance development by pests along with a negative impact on the environment, particularly non-target arthropods. Plant-derived active compounds, such as essential oils (EOs), play a key role in sustainably controlling pests. The lethal and sublethal activity of citrus peel EOs as emulsions and included in polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles (EO-NPs) was determined against the invasive tomato pest Tuta absoluta. Their effects on the plants were also assessed. The results showed an overall good insecticidal activity of the compounds tested, with a higher mortality through contact on eggs and larvae by EO emulsions and through ingestion on larvae by EO-NPs. The nanoformulation also significantly reduced

SUBMITTER: Campolo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638903 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature