Toxicity and repellency of plant extracts on Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Carpintero  Dellap) (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

Jucelaine Haas; Michele Potrich; Aline Mara dos Santos Telles; Everton Ricardi Lozano; Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni; Flavia Galvan Tedesco; Jackeline Dall Agnol de Lima; SÃ©rgio Miguel Mazaro

doi:10.5897/AJAR2016.10816

African Journal of
Agricultural Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1991-637X
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
Start Year: 2006
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Toxicity and repellency of plant extracts on Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Carpintero & DellapÃ©) (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

Jucelaine Haas

Jucelaine Haas
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Michele Potrich

Michele Potrich
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Aline Mara dos Santos Telles

Aline Mara dos Santos Telles
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Everton Ricardi Lozano

Everton Ricardi Lozano
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni

Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Pato Branco, UTFPR-PB, Pato Branco, Parana, Brazil.
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Flavia Galvan Tedesco

Flavia Galvan Tedesco
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Jackeline Dall Agnol de Lima

Jackeline Dall Agnol de Lima
Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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SÃ©rgio Miguel Mazaro

Federal University of Technology, Parana, Campus Dois Vizinhos, UTFPR-DV, Dois Vizinhos, Parana, Brazil.
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Article Number - CB2A0A258976
Vol.11(24), pp. 2112-2117 , June 2016
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.10816

Received: 18 January 2016
Accepted: 23 April 2016
Published: 16 June 2016

Abstract

The eucalyptus bronze bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus, is an exotic pest of eucalyptus crops that has spread worldwide. The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of aqueous plant extracts at 5% of Matricaria chamomilla, Echinodorus grandiflorus, Punica granatum, Maytenus ilicifolia and Origanum majorana on T. peregrinus. For this, choice and no-choice tests were performed. Eucalyptus leaf disks were treated with 5% aqueous extract and two experiments were conducted: (1) the leaf disks were put inside a tube with T. peregrinus adults and their longevity was evaluated. Each repetition was one leaf disk/tube (no-choice test); (2) one leaf disk of each treatment was put inside a Petri dish, and offered to T. peregrinus. Faecal deposits on each leaf disk were quantified (choice test). In addition, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was carried out to verify phenolic compounds present in the plant extracts. All plant extracts reduce the survival of T. peregrinus adults up to nearly 50%. Regarding the choice experiment, T. peregrinus fed with eucalyptus disk leaves containing E. grandiflorus, M. chamomilla and Maytenus ilicifolia extracts produced less faecal deposits when compared wiht the other plant extracts and the control group. In addition, HPLC detected gallic, ferulic, caffeic, coumaric and vanillic acid in the extracts samples. These results suggest that these three plant extracts had a repellent effect on T. peregrinus adults, aside from reducing its survival, and the phenolic compounds may have contributed to these results.