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Insecticidal activity of the essential oils from yarrow (Achillea wilhelmsii L.) and sweet asafetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.) against Aphis gossypii Glover. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) under controlled laboratory conditions

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The essential oils of two medicinal plants from yarrow (Achillea wilhelmsii L.) and sweet asafetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.) were studied for fumigant toxicity, contact toxicity and repellent activity against two-day old nymphs of Aphis gossypii Glover. The mortality increased with increase of concentration and exposure time from 12 to 24 h in fumigant toxicity and from 24 to 48 h in contact toxicity. After 12 h, the LC50 values in fumigant toxicity of A. wilhelmsii and F. assa-foetida essential oils were estimated to be 23.4 and 16.8 µl l− 1 air respectively, and the toxicity was increased after 24 h to LC50 of 16.16 and 15.10 µl l− 1 air. LC50 values in contact toxicity of yarrow and sweet asafetida essential oils were estimated 6620and 2040 µl l− 1 after 24 h and 2478 and 882 µl l− 1 after 48 h, respectively. Furthermore, repellent activity was observed for all essential oils at the highest concentration (10 µl ml− 1). The structure of the essential oil was analysed by (GC/MS). The highest components were (E)-1-propenyl sec-butyl disulfide (43.16%) and (Z)-1-propenyl sec-butyl disulfide (27.45) in sweet asafetida; camphore (29.03%) and 1,8-Cineole (12.86%) in Yarrow, which are compounds that possess insecticidal activity against various insect species. Results from this research could be a basic and essential step for application of present plant materials as a potential substitution of chemical insecticides for control of A. gossypii.

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The authors would like to thank research administration of Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan for financial support.

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    Zohreh Koorki, Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi & Kamran Mahdian

  2. Laboatory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium

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Zohreh Koorki and Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi and Kamran Mahdian deliberated the research. Zohreh Koorki set up the experiments under guidance and recommendations of Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi and Kamran Mahdian. Zohreh Koorki analyzed the data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript and Shahnaz Shahidi-Noghabi, Guy Smagghe and Kamran Mahdian provided edits. All authors approved the last manuscript.

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Koorki, Z., Shahidi-Noghabi, S., Smagghe, G. et al. Insecticidal activity of the essential oils from yarrow (Achillea wilhelmsii L.) and sweet asafetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.) against Aphis gossypii Glover. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) under controlled laboratory conditions. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 2827–2833 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022-00766-x

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