Fumigant toxicity of lemon grass, citronella grass and black pepper essential oils against mushroom mite (Dolichocybe indica Mahunka)
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Acaricidal activitity of essential oils from lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus (Dc.ex.Nees)), citronella grass (Cymbopogon nardus Rendle.) and black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.) against mushroom mite, Dolichocybe indica Mahunka was investigated by using the fumigation method. The essential oil treatments were applied in knockdown chambers sized 25 L at the concentrations of 0 (5% Tween-20 in water), 0.003, 0.006, 0.03, 0.06, 0.3, 0.6 and 3.0 µg/L air, for 1 hr. The mite mortality was observed at 6 hr after each treatment. The results presented that the lemon grass essential oil at 3 µg/L air was highly toxic to the mushroom mite with 100% mortality, and the LC50 was obtained at 0.179 µg/ L air. In addition, mortality of the mite treated by essential oils of citronella grass and black pepper at 3 µg/L air were at 82.5 and 78.8% with the LC50 at 0.842 and 1.163 µg/L air, respectively.
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