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1 August 2010 Toxicity of Plant Essential Oils to Acaricide-Susceptible and -Resistant Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Jun Han, Byeoung-Ryeol Choi, Sang-Gyeu Lee, Soon Il Kim, Young-Joon Ahn
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Abstract

The toxicity of 10 plant essential oils to adults of acaricide-susceptible, chlorfenapyrresistant (CRT-53), fenpropathrin-resistant (FRT-53), pyridaben-resistant (PRT-53), and abamectinresistant (ART-53) strains of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) and to female Neoseiulus californicus McGregor (Acari: Phytoseiidae) was examined using spray or vapor-phase mortality bioassays. In bioassay with the susceptible adults, lemon eucalyptus (19.3 µg/cm3) was the most toxic oil, followed by peppermint, citronella Java, thyme red, caraway seed, clove leaf, and pennyroyal oils (LC50, 20.6–23.7 µg/cm3). The toxicity of these oils was almost identical against adults from either of the susceptible and resistant strains, even though CRT-53, FRT-53, PRT-53, and ART-53 adults exhibited high levels of resistance to chlorfenapyr (resistance ratio [RR], >9,140), fenpropathrin (RR, 94), pyridaben (RR, >390), and abamectin (RR, 85), respectively, Against female N. californicus, lemon eucalyptus (LC50, 21.4 µg/cm3) was the most toxic oil, whereas the LC50 values of the other nine oils ranged from 23.2 to 72.6 µg/cm3. N. californicus was 1–2 times more tolerant than T. urticae to the test essential oils. Thus, these essential oils merit further study as potential acaricides for the control of acaricide-resistant T. urticae populations as fumigants.

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Jun Han, Byeoung-Ryeol Choi, Sang-Gyeu Lee, Soon Il Kim, and Young-Joon Ahn "Toxicity of Plant Essential Oils to Acaricide-Susceptible and -Resistant Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 103(4), 1293-1298, (1 August 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC09222
Received: 9 July 2009; Accepted: 1 April 2010; Published: 1 August 2010
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KEYWORDS
botanical acaricide
essential oil
natural Fumigant
Neoseiulus californicus
Tetranychus urticae
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