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SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE MEDFLY <i>CERATITIS CAPITATA</i> WIEDEMANN (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) TO THE EXTRACTS OF <i>VIOLA ODORATA</i> AND <i>EUCALYPTUS CAMALDEU

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Ecology and Toxicology
Arthropods

Abstract

The medfly (Ceratitis capitata) is a polyphagous serious fruit pests spreaded in Africa and worldwide. The medfly infests several plant species and causes economic losses in many crops.The problems of using undesirable chemical insecticides against medfly have forced the scientists to look for more safe pesticides. Therefore, two plant extracts, Viola odorata and Eucalyptus camaldeulensis, were tested against the adult and immature stages of C. capitata. Each extract composition was analyzed using GC-MS. Terpenoids were identified as the major constituents in V. odorata extract, while E. camaldeulensis extract contains heterocyclic organic compounds together with terpenoids. The toxicity of both extracts on C. capitata was addressed using the contact and spray application methods. The contact treatment method showed higher toxicity than the spray method. In the meantime, the pupae were more susceptible to V. odorata extract than the full grown larvae; while E. camaldeulensis extract showed higher toxicity on larvae. Both extracts affected adult flies with higher toxicity in V. odorata-treated flies. The pupal deformations were recorded in the plant extracts-treated C. capitata. The malformations of pupae included emergence of only head and thorax of the flies and keeping the rest of the body inside the puparia, decoloration of the puparium, and no emergence of the flies at all. Furthermore, the V. odorata extract induced adult antennal and wings abnormalities. Both extracts degraded within a short period of time in the soil. In conclusion, the V. odorata and E. camaldeulensis extracts might act as powerful insecticides against C. capitata.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2022.169125.1089

Keywords

GC-MS, Heterocyclic compound, Medfly, Plant extracts, Terpenes

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

M. A.

Affiliation

Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

ahmedmai1982@yahoo.com

City

Assuit

Orcid

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First Name

Nehad

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

nehadpprie@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Sherihan

Last Name

Alamin

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

sherihanalamin@gmail.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Mesbah

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

ameramites@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

M. A.

Affiliation

Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

ahmedmai1982@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

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Volume

80

Article Issue

80

Related Issue

44599

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2022-10-23

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

18

Page End

34

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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Original Research Papers

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684

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE MEDFLY <i>CERATITIS CAPITATA</i> WIEDEMANN (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) TO THE EXTRACTS OF <i>VIOLA ODORATA</i> AND <i>EUCALYPTUS CAMALDEU

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24 Dec 2024