Abstract
Efficacy of rosemary essential oil was assessed against two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae) and greenhouse whiteflies (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) as well as its effects on the tomato host plant and bio-control agents. Laboratory bioassay results indicated that pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol ™ (a rosemary oil-based pesticide) caused complete mortality of spider mites and whiteflies at concentrations that are not phytotoxic to the host plant. The predatory mite, Phytoseiuluspersimilis, is less susceptible to rosemary oil and EcoTrol™ than twospotted spider mites both in the laboratory and the greenhouse, whereas the parasitic wasp, Encarsia formosa, is more susceptible to rosemary oil than whiteflies. Rosemary oil repels both spider mites and whiteflies and can affect oviposition behavior. Rosemary oil and rosemary oil-based pesticides are non-persistent in the environment and their lethal and sub-lethal effects fade within one or two days. EcoTrol ™ is safe to tomato foliage, flowers and fruits even at double the recommended label rate. A greenhouse trial indicated that a single application of EcoTrol ™ at its recommended label rate could reduce a twospotted spider mite population by 52%. At that rate, EcoTrol™ did not cause any mortality among predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis nor did it affect their eggs. Toxicity of individual and incomplete mixtures of constituents of rosemary oil to spider mites indicated significant synergy among the constituents. Highest mortality was only obtained when all constituents were present in the mixture. In general, EcoTrol ™ was found to be a suitable option for small-scale IPM programs for controlling spider mites and whiteflies in greenhouse tomato plants.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol caused complete mortality of spider mites in laboratory bioassays at concentrations not phytotoxic to the tomato host.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol ™e0
- Interactor
- spider mitesTetranychidaee0pest
- Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- increaseinferrede0
- Value
- completee0
- Setting
- greenhouset0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol ™ (a rosemary oil-based pesticide) caused complete mortality of spider mites and whiteflies”
Claim · model-written summary
Pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol caused complete mortality of whiteflies in laboratory bioassays at concentrations not phytotoxic to the tomato host.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol ™e0
- Interactor
- whitefliesAleyrodoideae0pest
- Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- increaseinferrede0
- Value
- completee0
- Setting
- greenhouset0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“pure rosemary oil and EcoTrol ™ (a rosemary oil-based pesticide) caused complete mortality of spider mites and whiteflies”
Claim · model-written summary
The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis was less susceptible than twospotted spider mites to rosemary oil and EcoTrol in the laboratory and greenhouse.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- rosemary oil and EcoTrol™e0
- Interactor
- Phytoseiuluspersimilise0biocontrol_agent
- Second interactor
- twospotted spider mitese0pest
- Outcome
- susceptiblee0
- Direction
- less susceptiblee0
- Comparator
- twospotted spider mitese0
- Setting
- the laboratory and the greenhousee0
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“The predatory mite, Phytoseiuluspersimilis, is less susceptible to rosemary oil and EcoTrol™ than twospotted spider mites both in the laboratory and the greenhouse”
Claim · model-written summary
The parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa was more susceptible to rosemary oil than whiteflies.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- rosemary oile0
- Interactor
- Encarsia formosa
Encarsia formosae0biocontrol_agent - Second interactor
- whitefliesAleyrodoideae0pest
- Outcome
- susceptiblee0
- Direction
- more susceptiblee0
- Comparator
- whitefliese0
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“whereas the parasitic wasp, Encarsia formosa, is more susceptible to rosemary oil than whiteflies”
Claim · model-written summary
Rosemary oil repels both spider mites and whiteflies.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Rosemary oile0
- Interactor
- spider mitesTetranychidaee0pest
- Second interactor
- whitefliesAleyrodoideae0pest
- Outcome
- repels both spider mites and whitefliese0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“Rosemary oil repels both spider mites and whiteflies”
Claim · model-written summary
Rosemary oil can affect oviposition behavior of the pests.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- oviposition behaviore0
Not reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“can affect oviposition behavior”
Claim · model-written summary
Rosemary oil and rosemary oil-based pesticides are non-persistent in the environment; lethal and sub-lethal effects fade within one or two days.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- non-persistente0
- Qualifier
- fade within one or two dayse0
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“Rosemary oil and rosemary oil-based pesticides are non-persistent in the environment and their lethal and sub-lethal effects fade within one or two days”
Claim · model-written summary
EcoTrol was safe to tomato foliage, flowers and fruits even at double the recommended label rate.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Organ / stage
- foliage, flowers and fruitse0
- Treatment
- EcoTrol ™e0
- Outcome
- safee0
- Qualifier
- double the recommended label ratee0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“EcoTrol ™ is safe to tomato foliage, flowers and fruits even at double the recommended label rate”
Claim · model-written summary
In a greenhouse trial a single EcoTrol application at the recommended label rate reduced a twospotted spider mite population by 52%.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- a single application of EcoTrol ™ at its recommended label ratee0
- Interactor
- twospotted spider mitee0pest
- Outcome
- twospotted spider mite populatione0
- Direction
- reducee0
- Value
- 52%e0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“A greenhouse trial indicated that a single application of EcoTrol ™ at its recommended label rate could reduce a twospotted spider mite population by 52%”
Claim · model-written summary
EcoTrol at the recommended rate caused no mortality among predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis and did not affect their eggs.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- EcoTrol™e0
- Interactor
- Phytoseiulus persimilis
Phytoseiulus persimilise0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“At that rate, EcoTrol™ did not cause any mortality among predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis nor did it affect their eggs”
Claim · model-written summary
Toxicity of individual and incomplete mixtures of rosemary oil constituents to spider mites indicated significant synergy among the constituents.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Interactor
- spider mitesTetranychidaee0pest
- Compound
- constituents of rosemary oile0
- Outcome
- Toxicitye0
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Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“Toxicity of individual and incomplete mixtures of constituents of rosemary oil to spider mites indicated significant synergy among the constituents”
Claim · model-written summary
Highest mortality of spider mites was only obtained when all rosemary oil constituents were present in the mixture.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- Highest mortalitye0
- Qualifier
- only obtained when all constituents were present in the mixturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“greenhouse tomato”
e0“Highest mortality was only obtained when all constituents were present in the mixture”
Claim · model-written summary
EcoTrol was found to be a suitable option for small-scale IPM programs for controlling spider mites and whiteflies in greenhouse tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Interactor
- spider mitesTetranychidaee0pest
- Second interactor
- whitefliesAleyrodoideae0pest
- Outcome
- suitable option for small-scale IPM programse0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“EcoTrol ™ was found to be a suitable option for small-scale IPM programs for controlling spider mites and whiteflies in greenhouse tomato plants”
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