The larvicidal activity of the dichloromethane extract of Zingiber purpureum Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) rhizome against the second instar of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) is shown to be due to 4-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)buta-l,3-diene. The diene also showed ovicidal activity against the bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Most of the eggs laid by bruchids on treated cowpea seeds were transparent, and very few of them contained developing embryos. The few larvae produced from these embryos were unable to penetrate the seed coat and enter the seed. Similar effects were seen when adults were exposed to the compound and then placed on untreated cowpea seeds, suggesting that a new type of maternally mediated ovicidal effect was involved. Coated and impregnated granular formulations of the extract were evaluated for use in the control of bruchid infestation of stored cowpea seeds. Coated granules showed activity similar to that of the crude extract but were found to lose activity rapidly. Impregnated granules were found to be less active than the crude extract.
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1 August 2005
Bruchid (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Ovicidal Phenylbutanoid from Zingiber purpureum
K. A Nimal P. Bandara,
Vijaya Kumar,
Ramesh C. Saxena,
Puthenveetil K. Ramdas
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 98 • No. 4
August 2005
Vol. 98 • No. 4
August 2005
4-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)buta-1,3-diene
Callosobruchus maculatus
formulations
ovicidal activity
Zingiber purpureum