Claim · model-written summary
ethyl carbonate mediated the repellent effect and significantly reduced G. molesta fruit infestation and egg production.
- Taxon
- Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicumt0 - Treatment
- ethyl carbonate (1 μL/mL)e0
- Interactor
- G. molesta
Grapholita molestae1pest - Outcome
- fruit infestation and egg productione1
- Direction
- reducinge1
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Verbatim
e0“ethyl carbonate (1 μL/mL)”
e1“significantly reducing G. molesta fruit infestation and egg production”
t0“Volatile Compounds Emitted by Ocimum basilicum”
Title
Yunhe Zhang; Xiaotong Zhou; Wenhui Zhang; et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2026. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6c02260
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Ocimum basilicum repelled Grapholita molesta in olfactory tests.
- Intervention effect O. basilicum significantly reduced G. molesta fruit infestation and egg laying.
- Observation GC-MS and GC-EAD analysis of O. basilicum headspace volatiles identified four key components.
- Intervention effect 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one mediated the repellent effect and significantly reduced G. molesta fruit infestation and egg production.
- Intervention effect 2-ethyltoluene mediated the repellent effect and significantly reduced G. molesta fruit infestation and egg production.
- Intervention effect styrene mediated the repellent effect and significantly reduced G. molesta fruit infestation and egg production.
- Intervention effect 6-Methylhept-5-en-2-one was the most effective compound, decreasing fruit infestation in the field and lab and total egg production.