BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF TODDALIA ASIATICA LINN AND RUTA GRAVEOLENS LINN OF RUTACEAE AGAINST SPODOPTERA LITURA FAB (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE).

Authors

  • F. Brisca Renuga, K.Sahaya Raj Associate Professor, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India. Associate Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Trinelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Ruta graveolens, Toddalia asiatica, Spodoptera litura, Morphogenesis

Abstract

Plant extracts have offered many beneficial uses in agriculture. The worldwide efforts in search for natural products and their analogues in the crop protection market have been remarkably successful, foremost in the field of insect control. In the present study, two plants from Rutaceae family are examined for their insecticidal activities against an important pest namely Spodoptera litura (Fab.). The chloroform, ethanol, water and aqueous extracts of Ruta graveolens and Toddalia asiatica plants alter the developmental time and morphogenesis of S. litura larvae. Ethanol and chloroform extracts of Ruta graveolens and Toddalia asiatica causes maximum of biological effects and water and aqueous extracts causes larval deformaties and inhibited the adult emergence. This confirms the interference of Juvenile hormone (JH) mimics of Asteraceae plants with the endocrine system.

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