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Plant aqueous extracts to Control Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) Infestation during Rice and Wheat storage

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The present research describes the utilization of plant aqueous extracts for more sustainable and safe management red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst); a highly concerned pest of stored rice and wheat grains in tropical and subtropical regions. The aqueous extracts of selected parts of Nigella sative, Coriandrum sativum, Ocimum basilicum, Neriwn oleander, Tamarindus indica, Chrysanthemum indicum, Linum usitatissimum, Myristica fragrans, Citrullus colocythis, and Musa acuminate plants were prepared by simple orbital type shaking and tested for their repellent and insecticidal activities. Besides, the phytochemical constituents and phenolic acids were identified by various spectroscopic assays and RP-HPLC-DAD analysis, respectively. The initial screening revealed that the aqueous extracts of Myristica fragrans nutmeg, Citrullus colocythis leave, Coriandrum sativum leaves Ocimum basilicum can exhibit the insect repellent potential of about 86.66% when applied at or above 1000 µg/ml for 24 h. It was interesting to note that the similar concentration of aqueous extracts of Myristica fragrans nutmeg, Citrullus colocythis (leaves), and Coriandrum sativum (leaves) caused 100% percent mortality of red flour beetle at the end of seven days under ideal growth conditions (28 ± 2° C and 70 ± 5% RH). Overall, the aqueous extracts of Myristica fragrans nutmeg and Citrullus colocythis leaves were found to be more potential candidates for the sustainable management of Tribolium castaneum during post-harvest storage of wheat and rice grains.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the help and cooperation of lab staff for this work.

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Thanks to HEC (Higher Education Commission) Pakistan for partially funding this research work under grant number 9168 via National Research for Public Sector Universities program.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Rehana Naseer & Muhammad Mushtaq

  2. Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Ifra Imtiaz

  3. Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Sumia Akram

  4. Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Zainab Liaqat

  5. Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Irum Liaqat

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Naseer, R., Imtiaz, I., Akram, S. et al. Plant aqueous extracts to Control Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) Infestation during Rice and Wheat storage. Int J Trop Insect Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01192-x

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