Claim · model-written summary
The highest mortality occurred with 3.0% neem oil after 72 hr.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume2 - Treatment
- 3.0 % concentration of neem seed oile0
- Interactor
- papaya mealybuge1pest
- Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 3.0 %e0
- Qualifier
- after 72 hr of treatmente0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The highest mortality was recorded at 3.0 % concentration of neem seed oil after 72 hr of treatment”
e2“reared in potato sprouts under laboratory conditions after collection”
e1“Papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) is a highly destructive invasive pest causing severe yield losses in papaya and several other crops.”
Title
B Bondita; G Inee; B Badal; et al. Plant Science Today 2026. doi:10.14719/pst.12294
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Neem seed oil was most effective among the three oils.
- Intervention effect Profenofos had LC50 of 0.003% after 72 hr.
- Intervention effect Neem oil had LC50 of 1.365% after 72 hr.
- Intervention effect Pongamia oil had LC50 of 2.033% after 72 hr.
- Intervention effect Jatropha oil had LC50 of 3.262% after 72 hr.
- Recommendation The authors suggest all three oils as future pesticide alternatives.