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Toxicities of monoterpenes against housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

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The development of natural plant extracts and essential oils will assist to decrease the negative effects of synthetic chemicals. Many plant extracts and essential oils contain monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and aliphatic compounds. In the present study, the fumigation activity of 42 pure monoterpenes against housefly, Musca domestica, was evaluated. Results from fumigation tests revealed that ρ-cymene, terpinolene, (±)-menthol, thymol, carvacrol, (−)-carvone, (+)-camphor, (+)-pulegone, (−)-menthone, citral, (±)-citronellal, cuminaldehyde, and citronellyl acetate exhibited strong fumigation activity against M. domestica. Specifically, the compounds of (+)-pulegone, cuminaldehyde, citral, and ρ-cymene had a highest toxicity toward M. domestica with LC50 values of 0.26, 0.60, 0.64, and 0.77 μl/L, respectively. The present results indicated that (+)-pulegone, cuminaldehyde, citral, and ρ-cymene are promising toxicants against M. domestica and could be useful in the search for new natural insecticides.

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The authors would like to thanks the Educational Commission of Hubei Province (No. B2016185) and the Key Project of Hainan Province (ZDYF2016037).

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  1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Quality Control of Characteristic Fruits and Vegetables, College of Life Science and Technology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, 432000, People’s Republic of China

    Zhilin Zhang, Yong Wang, Lihua Wang & Guoyuan Li

  2. School of Agricultural and Food Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Linan, 311300, People’s Republic of China

    Yongjian Xie

  3. Hainan Key Laboratory for Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, People’s Republic of China

    Zhufeng Lin

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Zhang, Z., Xie, Y., Wang, Y. et al. Toxicities of monoterpenes against housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 24708–24713 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0219-4

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