Author(s):
1. Bashir Ahmad:
Department of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
2. Muhammad Imran:
Department of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
3. Muhammad Misbah Ul Haq:
Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
4. Shahid Sattar:
Department of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
5. Kamran Sohail:
Department of Entomology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
Abstract:
Subterranean termite, Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann) is known as one of the most serious economic and destructive pest species in Pakistan. This research was conducted to evaluate the toxic and repellent effect of different local plants extracts against H. indicola under laboratory condition at Termite laboratory, Plant protection division (PPD), Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan during 2021. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having five treatments and control. Each treatment was repeated three times. The treatments were Garlic (Allium satium), Green chilies (Capsicum annum), Ginger (Zingiber officinalle), Neem seeds (Azidirachta indica) and Oleander plant leaves (Nerium indicum) and control. All the treatments were used in three different concentrations (5%, 10% and 20%). The maximum mean mortality of termite (99.9%) was recorded in Garlic (20% concentration) while the minimum (0.17%) was noted in control treatment. At 10% concentration, the highest mean percent termite mortality was observed (70.8%) in garlic treatment and lowest mortality were recorded (0.16%) in control treatment. Maximum mean percent mortality was noted (43.11%) in garlic extracts at 5% concentration and minimum mean percent mortality was recorded (0.17%) in control treatment. The result concerning the percent repellency of H. indicola revealed that garlic extract at high concentration (20%) showed maximum repellency of 98.3% while minimum repellency were recorded 65.2% in oleander leaves extracts. Similarly, at 10% concentration garlic extract showed highest repellency of 96.0% whereas lowest repellency of 54.8% were recorded in oleander leaves extracts. Maximum percent repellency was observed (93.1%) in garlic extracts at 5% concentration and minimum percent repellency was recorded (0.17%) in control treatment. It is concluded that garlic extracts showed better performance in the mortality and repellency of termites. It is recommended that garlic extracts should be used against termites and further study are required to evaluate their toxic and repellent effects.
Page(s):
48-48
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, August 27-31, 2023 , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Heterotermes indicola
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Capsicum annum
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Nerium indicum
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Zingiber officinalle
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Allium satium
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Azidirachta indica
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