Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)

ABSTRACT Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a parasitoid with potential for use in control of lepidopteran pests; its integrated use with botanical insecticides may be feasible in pest management. Therefore, the objective was to evaluate the susceptibility of P. elaeisis to the essen...

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Main Authors: Caio Victor Soares de Aguiar, Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira, Kassio Ewerton Santos Sombra, Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigues, Fabrício Fagundes Pereira, Patrik Luiz Pastori
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Published: Universidade Federal De Viçosa 2025-07-01
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author Caio Victor Soares de Aguiar
Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira
Kassio Ewerton Santos Sombra
Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigues
Fabrício Fagundes Pereira
Patrik Luiz Pastori
author_facet Caio Victor Soares de Aguiar
Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira
Kassio Ewerton Santos Sombra
Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigues
Fabrício Fagundes Pereira
Patrik Luiz Pastori
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description ABSTRACT Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a parasitoid with potential for use in control of lepidopteran pests; its integrated use with botanical insecticides may be feasible in pest management. Therefore, the objective was to evaluate the susceptibility of P. elaeisis to the essential oils of pepper-rosemary and lemongrass. The experiment was implemented in a completely randomized design, in a 2 (oils) × 4 (concentrations: 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 %) factorial arrangement, with two controls (detergent and deltamethrin). The following traits were evaluated: parasitism (%) - in the F1 generation, emergence (%), the progeny per pupa, the sex ratio, the longevity of the parental generation of males and females, and the egg-adult period of the parental and F1 generation. There were no significant differences for the biological parameters evaluated regarding the essential oils, thus indicating that the oils were innocuous to P. elaeisis. This result was confirmed by the percentage of emergence of the next generation (F1), which was always greater than 85%. The essential oils also did not affect the percentage of parasitism of the F1 generation. Thus, at the dosages tested, the essential oils of pepper-rosemary and lemongrass are selective agents that do not damage P. elaeisis.
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spelling doaj-art-cd8fc6e5f79544a396bcfef3f4b97e682025-08-20T03:35:02ZengUniversidade Federal De ViçosaRevista Ceres2177-34912025-07-017210.71252/2177-34912025720021Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)Caio Victor Soares de Aguiarhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-8706Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9236-1393Kassio Ewerton Santos Sombrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1253-6879Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigueshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-7871Fabrício Fagundes Pereirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1638-7409Patrik Luiz Pastorihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1892-8029ABSTRACT Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a parasitoid with potential for use in control of lepidopteran pests; its integrated use with botanical insecticides may be feasible in pest management. Therefore, the objective was to evaluate the susceptibility of P. elaeisis to the essential oils of pepper-rosemary and lemongrass. The experiment was implemented in a completely randomized design, in a 2 (oils) × 4 (concentrations: 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 %) factorial arrangement, with two controls (detergent and deltamethrin). The following traits were evaluated: parasitism (%) - in the F1 generation, emergence (%), the progeny per pupa, the sex ratio, the longevity of the parental generation of males and females, and the egg-adult period of the parental and F1 generation. There were no significant differences for the biological parameters evaluated regarding the essential oils, thus indicating that the oils were innocuous to P. elaeisis. This result was confirmed by the percentage of emergence of the next generation (F1), which was always greater than 85%. The essential oils also did not affect the percentage of parasitism of the F1 generation. Thus, at the dosages tested, the essential oils of pepper-rosemary and lemongrass are selective agents that do not damage P. elaeisis.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2025000100508&lng=en&tlng=enpepper-rosemarylemongrassalternate controlbiological controlselectivity
spellingShingle Caio Victor Soares de Aguiar
Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira
Kassio Ewerton Santos Sombra
Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigues
Fabrício Fagundes Pereira
Patrik Luiz Pastori
Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
Revista Ceres
pepper-rosemary
lemongrass
alternate control
biological control
selectivity
title Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
title_full Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
title_fullStr Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
title_short Susceptibility of Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to essential oils from Lippia origanoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. (Poaceae)
title_sort susceptibility of palmistichus elaeisis hymenoptera eulophidae to essential oils from lippia origanoides cham verbenaceae and cymbopogon citratus dc stapf poaceae
topic pepper-rosemary
lemongrass
alternate control
biological control
selectivity
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2025000100508&lng=en&tlng=en
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