Claim · model-written summary
Combined C. copticum and S. hortensis essential oils with X-ray irradiation can be introduced as a suitable alternative to conventional pesticides for managing E. kuehniella in storage.
- Taxon
- C. copticume7
- Interactor
- E. kuehniella
Ephestia kuehniellae7pest - Outcome
- suitable alternative to conventional pesticidese7
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Verbatim
e7“the combining of C. copticum and S. hortensis EOs and X-ray irradiation can be introduced as a suitable alternative to conventional pesticides to manage E. kuehniella in storage”
Title
Bahram Naseri; Asgar Ebadollahi; Maryam Elahi; et al. Journal of Stored Products Research 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2026.102984
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Essential oils of Carum copticum and Satureja hortensis were the most toxic to fifth-instar larvae of Ephestia kuehniella.
- Intervention effect Combined C. copticum and S. hortensis essential oils with X-ray irradiation increased larval mortality compared with their isolated application and control.
- Intervention effect Combined essential oils and X-ray irradiation prolonged the developmental time of E. kuehniella compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Combined essential oils and X-ray irradiation decreased the number of eggs laid, intrinsic rate of increase and net reproductive rate of E. kuehniella.
- Observation Terpenic compounds were dominant in the essential oils of C. copticum and S. hortensis.