Abstract
The wastes generated during the post-harvest handling of various agricultural commodities is rather under-utlilized. The peels of citrus fruits are often discarded as waste. Citrus peels are rich in essential oils and exhibit toxicity towards various insect species. The essential oils are also an eco-friendly option for insect pest management. The Citrus maxima peel essential oil (CMEO), a waste product, characterized it, and evaluated its potential for insect pest management. The major terpenoids present in CMEO are Limonene and α-Pinene. The CMEO displayed potentials in controlling the insect pests via contact and fumigant toxicity. Moreover, CMEO showed significant larvicidal activities against Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Aedes aegypti species of mosquitoes; however, Armigeres subalbatus was more resistant. The biological safety of the essential oil was also tested against the stored seeds, where no significant inhibition of seed germination was noticed compared to the control. Utilizing a waste product such as citrus peel for pest management can achieve the dual objective of waste utilization and eco-friendly pest management. Overall, the CMEO is therefore found to be a bioactive essential oil extracted from the wastes of pomelo (C. maxima).
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Citrus maxima peel essential oil contained limonene and alpha-pinene as major terpenoids.
- Taxon
- Citrus maxima
Citrus maximat0 - Organ / stage
- Peelt0
- Outcome
- major terpenoidse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major terpenoids present in CMEO are Limonene and α-Pinene.”
t0“Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel”
Claim · model-written summary
Citrus maxima peel oil showed contact and fumigant toxicity toward insect pests.
- Taxon
- Citrus maximaCitrus maximat0
- Interactor
- insect pestse0pest
- Outcome
- contact and fumigant toxicitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The CMEO displayed potentials in controlling the insect pests via contact and fumigant toxicity.”
t0“Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel”
Claim · model-written summary
Citrus maxima peel oil showed significant larvicidal activity against Culex tritaeniorhynchus.
- Taxon
- Citrus maximaCitrus maximat0
- Interactor
- Culex tritaeniorhynchus
Culex tritaeniorhynchuse0pest - Outcome
- larvicidal activitiese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“CMEO showed significant larvicidal activities against Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Aedes aegypti species of mosquitoes”
t0“Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel”
Claim · model-written summary
Citrus maxima peel oil showed significant larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti.
- Taxon
- Citrus maximaCitrus maximat0
- Interactor
- Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegyptie0pest - Outcome
- larvicidal activitiese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“CMEO showed significant larvicidal activities against Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Aedes aegypti species of mosquitoes”
t0“Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel”
Claim · model-written summary
Armigeres subalbatus was more resistant to Citrus maxima peel oil.
- Taxon
- Citrus maximaCitrus maximat0
- Interactor
- Armigeres subalbatusArmigeres subalbatuse0pest
- Outcome
- Armigeres subalbatus was more resistante0
- Direction
- more resistante0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“however, Armigeres subalbatus was more resistant.”
t0“Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel”
Claim · model-written summary
The oil did not significantly inhibit germination of stored seeds compared with controls.
- Organ / stage
- stored seedse0
- Treatment
- essential oile0
- Outcome
- seed germinatione0
- Direction
- no significant inhibitione0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“The biological safety of the essential oil was also tested against the stored seeds, where no significant inhibition of seed germination was noticed compared to the control.”
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