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Khalil, M., Halawa, S., Azab, M., Morsy, A. (2023). Toxicity and biochemical effects of citronella, mustard and sage essential oils and their nanoemulsions against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Benha Journal of Applied Sciences, 8(5), 79-88. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2023.198584.1111
Maha S. Khalil; Safaa M Halawa; M M Azab; Amany R Morsy. "Toxicity and biochemical effects of citronella, mustard and sage essential oils and their nanoemulsions against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Benha Journal of Applied Sciences, 8, 5, 2023, 79-88. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2023.198584.1111
Khalil, M., Halawa, S., Azab, M., Morsy, A. (2023). 'Toxicity and biochemical effects of citronella, mustard and sage essential oils and their nanoemulsions against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)', Benha Journal of Applied Sciences, 8(5), pp. 79-88. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2023.198584.1111
Khalil, M., Halawa, S., Azab, M., Morsy, A. Toxicity and biochemical effects of citronella, mustard and sage essential oils and their nanoemulsions against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Benha Journal of Applied Sciences, 2023; 8(5): 79-88. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2023.198584.1111

Toxicity and biochemical effects of citronella, mustard and sage essential oils and their nanoemulsions against Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Article 8, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2023, Page 79-88  XML PDF (412.1 K)
Document Type: Original Research Papers
DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2023.198584.1111
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Authors
Maha S. Khalil email 1; Safaa M Halawa2; M M Azab3; Amany R Morsy2
1Plant protection department, Agriculture faculty, Benha universitty
2Plant protection department, Agriculture faculty, Benha university
3Plant protection department, Agriculture university, Benha university
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the toxicity of citronella, mustard, and sage essential oils in comparison to their
nanoemulsions. Laboratory bioassays were conducted against the 2nd and 4th instar larvae of Spodoptera littoralis. The
results indicated that the LC50 values were 0.231, 1.898 and 2.500% for bulk oils of mustard, citronella, and sage against
2nd instar larvae of S. littoralis, respectively, while they were 0.253, 0.266, and 0.962% for their nanoemulsions,
respectively. The LC50 values were 0.889, 3.358 and 0.995% for bulk oils of mustard, citronella, and sage against the
fourth instar larvae, respectively, while the LC50 values of their nanoemulsions were 0.657, 0.572 and 0.488%,
respectively. The fourth instar larvae were treated with LC50s concentrations of tested essential oils and their
nanoemulsions to estimate the biochemical changes. The results showed that there was a significant increase in
stimulation of AChE activity, in the case of mustard and citronella bulk and nanoemulsions, while there were no
significant changes in sage oil bulk treatment and its nanoemulsion compared with the control. Also, there was a
significant decrease in activity of GST enzyme in mustard, citronella bulk oil and mustard nanoemulsion. In contrast, the
activity of GST increased significantly in the treatments of sage bulk oil, mustard, citronella and nanoemulsion of sage
oil. Alpha esterases activity decreased significantly in all treatments except nanoemulsion of mustard oil which caused a
significant increase in the enzyme activities compared with the control.
Keywords
Bioassay; Essential oils; mortality; lethal concentrations; Enzymes
Main Subjects
Applied Agriculture Science.
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