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Effects of Tansy Essential Oil from Tanacetum vulgare on Biology of Oblique-Banded Leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana

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The formulations TSW (tansy essential oil, surfactant, distilled water) and TSWD (tansy essential oil, surfactant, distilled water, dillapiol) increased the feeding rate of oblique-banded leafroller (OBLR) larvae with increasing concentrations of tansy essential oil. When tansy essential oil was continuously present at 0.1% and 1% in the diet, all OBLR larvae from susceptible and resistant populations died. The presence of 0.01% tansy essential oil in the diet affected female pupal weight, but not larval weight gain, larval developmental time and male pupal weight. Our results suggest that the concentration of tansy essential oil that significantly affects the developmental variables should be between 0.01% and 0.1% of tansy essential oil. Residues of the formulation TE (tansy essential oil, ethanol 95%) deterred oviposition of OBLR female.

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    Nancy Larocque, C. Vincent & A. Bélanger

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Larocque, N., Vincent, C., Bélanger, A. et al. Effects of Tansy Essential Oil from Tanacetum vulgare on Biology of Oblique-Banded Leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana . J Chem Ecol 25, 1319–1330 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020974725437

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