Activity of Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Essential Oils against the Grain Storage Pest Tribolium castaneum

作者：Descamps Lilian R^*; Sanchez Chopa Carolina; Ferrero Adriana A

来源：Natural Product Communications, 2011, 6(6): 887-891.

DOI：10.1177/1934578x1100600632

• Brazilian pepper tree
• fumigant toxicity
• contact toxicity
• repellence
• essential oils
• red flour beetle
• adults
• larvae

Essential oils extracted from leaves and fruits of Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) were tested for their repellent, toxic and feeding deterrent properties against Tribolium costaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae and adults. A topical application assay was employed for the contact toxicity study and filter paper impregnation for the fumigant assay. A treated diet was also used to evaluate the repellent activity and a flour disk bioassay for the feeding deterrent action and nutritional index alteration. The essential oil of the leaves contained mainly monoterpenoids, with alpha-phellandrene, 3-carene and camphene predominant, whereas that from the fruits contained mainly alpha-phellandrene, 3-carene and beta-myrcene. The leaf essential oil showed repellent effects, whereas that from the fruit was an attractant. Both oils produced mortality against larvae in topical and fumigant bioassays, but fumigant toxicity was not found against adults. Moreover, both essential oils produced some alterations in nutritional index. These results show that the essential oils from S. areira could be applicable to the management of populations of Tribolium castaneum.

• 出版日期2011-6