Claim · model-written summary
Star anise essential oil had the highest efficacy against adult Colorado potato beetles.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosume1 - Treatment
- star anise essential oile2
- Interactor
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptinotarsa decemlineatae1pest - Outcome
- efficacye2
- Direction
- higheste2
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Verbatim
e1“The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, 1824) is one of the most important pests of potatoes worldwide”
e2“The results showed that star anise essential oil has the highest efficacy while basil essential oil has the highest repellence, but there are no significant differences between the essential oils in determining attractiveness or repellence”
Title
I. JURAN; M. KOSTELAC; D. GRUBIŠIĆ; et al. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2025. doi:10.15666/aeer/2301_587599
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Basil essential oil had the highest repellence to adult Colorado potato beetles.
- Intervention effect The essential oils did not differ significantly in attractiveness or repellence to Colorado potato beetles.
- Recommendation The authors suggest essential oils could be an efficient substitute for chemical insecticides against the Colorado potato beetle on potatoes.