Insect toxicity and repellent activity of phytochemicals from flea killer, Boenninghausenia albiflora against black garden ant, Lasius niger of Pakistan

11^th European Biosimilars Congress

April 26-27, 2018 Rome, Italy

Ferhat Mehmood and Phool Shahzadi

Govt. MAO College, Pakistan
PCSIR Labs Complex, Pakistan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Bioanal Biomed

Abstract :

A study was conducted to evaluate the insecticidal activity of essential oils obtained from root, stem and leaves of Boenninghausenia albiflora (Sapindales: Rutaceae) against black garden ant Lasius Niger L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The major compounds in these essential oils were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and their insecticidal activity was tested at three concentrations i.e. 1, 5 and 10% in ethanol. All essential oils showed similar insecticidal and repellent activity at each concentration but significantly different at pâ�¤0.05 from controls with LC50=12.35 �¼l, while dose dependent effect was significant with R2=0.803. It can be concluded that the three essential oils in this study have both insecticidal as well as repellent effect. ferhatmehmood786@yahoo.com