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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Short communication | Published October 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 10, pp. 181-185.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v7i10.19.154

 

Insecticidal effects of thymol on Mahanarva spectabilis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in two evaluation methodologies

 



 

 

Marcelle Leandro Dias1

Alexander Machado Auad2*

Tiago Teixeira de Resende2

 

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1. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Department of Behavior and Animal Biology, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
2. Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Laboratory of Entomology, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.


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Citation: Dias ML, Auad AM, de Resende TT (2019). Insecticidal effects of thymol on Mahanarva spectabilis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in two evaluation methodologies. J. Agric. Crop Res. 7(10): 181-185.

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 Abstract 


The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate an alternative, less laborious and reliable method for investigating the insecticidal effect of thymol on Mahanarva spectabilis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). Two methods for evaluating the effects of thymol on M. spectabilis (conventional and alternative) were tested for optimum survival rates. The conventional method proved to be the most suitable for investigating the insecticidal effect of thymol on M. spectabilis. Thymol concentrations of 1.2, 2.5, and 5.0% resulted in the highest mortality rates of eggs, nymphs and adults, respectively. Thus, the study determined a methodology to evaluate the effects of insecticide products on spittlebugs, which indicated that thymol may be used effectively for the control of M. spectabilis.

Keywords  Spittlebugs   integrated pest management (IPM)   bioinsecticides

 

 

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