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Chemical composition of essential oils of Pulicaria species growing in Saudi Arabia and activity for Mediterranean fruit fly, ceratitis capitata

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PHYTOCHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 46, 期 -, 页码 51-55

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DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2021.08.021

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Asteraceae; Medfly; Tephritid fruit fly pests; Kairomone; Semiochemical; Carvotanacetone; tau-cadinol; Pest control

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  1. United States Department of Agriculture [6038-22000-007-00-D]

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The study aimed to evaluate the attractiveness of essential oils from three Pulicaria species on sterile Mediterranean fruit fly males. The results showed that P. arabica exhibited mild attractancy, while P. crispa and P. somalensis showed no attractant activity.
The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the most destructive agricultural pests in the world. New attractants are needed as a key strategy for detecting and suppressing insect pest densities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attractiveness of essential oils isolated from the aerial parts of three Pulicaria species collected from the Al-kharj province of Saudi Arabia, targeting sterile medfly males. The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of P. arabica, P. crispa, and P. somalensis were characterized using gas chromatography-flame ionization detection and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. tau-Cadinol was found to be the major compound in the essential oils of P. arabica (38.6 %) and P. crispa (53.5 %), and intermedeol (15.9 %), alpha-cadinol (9.7 %), alpha-, beta-(5.2 % each), and gamma-eudesmol (9.1 %) were the most abundant components in the essential oil of P. somalensis. Carvotanacetone (10.3 %) was detected only in P. arabica. The essential oils from each of the three Pulicaria species were subjected to short-range attraction bioassays against the sterile male medfly C. capitata. The results were compared with the response to a known strong attractant, tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia); P. arabica exhibited mild attractancy, whereas neither P. crispa nor P. somalensis showed attractant activity.

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