{"title":"大蒜精油纳米乳对烟粉虱的可持续治理及4种主要园艺作物的植物毒性评价","authors":"Gaetano Giuliano , Annamaria Ienco , Alberto Urbaneja , Meritxell Pérez-Hedo , Vittoria Pettinato , Valentina Coco , Giulia Giunti , Vincenzo Palmeri , Orlando Campolo","doi":"10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107385","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Bemisia tabaci</em> is a cosmopolitan pest damaging many crops, leading to significant yield losses through direct feeding activity, honeydew deposition, as well as virus transmission. The overuse of synthetic insecticides has prompted resistant pest populations, necessitating alternative control tools. This study evaluates the insecticidal efficacy of a garlic (<em>Allium sativum</em>) essential oil (EO) nanoemulsion against different life stages of <em>B. tabaci</em>, its effect on adult fertility, and its phytotoxic effects on cucumber, eggplant, tomato, and pepper. The EO was chemically characterized by GC-MS and then used to develop an EO-based nanoemulsion by high-pressure microfluidization.</div><div>The garlic EO nanoemulsion was highly effective against nymphs and adults, achieving over 80 % and 90 % mortality, respectively, at the highest tested concentrations. Furthermore, treated adults exhibited a marked decrease in oviposition rate. At the highest concentration, oviposition was almost completely inhibited. While ovicidal activity was limited, with less than 50 % egg mortality observed at the maximum concentration, the combined impact on adult mortality and produced offspring highlighted the nanoemulsion's potential to reduce the target pest population. No significant phytotoxicity at LC<sub>50</sub> across all tested crops was revealed, while LC<sub>90</sub> concentrations caused moderate damage to cucumber and eggplant but were less detrimental to tomato and pepper.</div><div>On this basis, garlic EO nanoemulsions may be an eco-friendly alternative to conventional insecticides for whitefly control. By targeting multiple life stages and reducing reproductive success, garlic EO nanoemulsions have potential to be used in integrated pest management strategies, although field studies are needed to further evaluate the EO nanoemulsion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10785,"journal":{"name":"Crop Protection","volume":"198 ","pages":"Article 107385"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Garlic essential oil nanoemulsion for sustainable management of Bemisia tabaci and phytotoxicity evaluation in four key horticultural crops\",\"authors\":\"Gaetano Giuliano , Annamaria Ienco , Alberto Urbaneja , Meritxell Pérez-Hedo , Vittoria Pettinato , Valentina Coco , Giulia Giunti , Vincenzo Palmeri , Orlando Campolo\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107385\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div><em>Bemisia tabaci</em> is a cosmopolitan pest damaging many crops, leading to significant yield losses through direct feeding activity, honeydew deposition, as well as virus transmission. The overuse of synthetic insecticides has prompted resistant pest populations, necessitating alternative control tools. This study evaluates the insecticidal efficacy of a garlic (<em>Allium sativum</em>) essential oil (EO) nanoemulsion against different life stages of <em>B. tabaci</em>, its effect on adult fertility, and its phytotoxic effects on cucumber, eggplant, tomato, and pepper. The EO was chemically characterized by GC-MS and then used to develop an EO-based nanoemulsion by high-pressure microfluidization.</div><div>The garlic EO nanoemulsion was highly effective against nymphs and adults, achieving over 80 % and 90 % mortality, respectively, at the highest tested concentrations. Furthermore, treated adults exhibited a marked decrease in oviposition rate. At the highest concentration, oviposition was almost completely inhibited. While ovicidal activity was limited, with less than 50 % egg mortality observed at the maximum concentration, the combined impact on adult mortality and produced offspring highlighted the nanoemulsion's potential to reduce the target pest population. No significant phytotoxicity at LC<sub>50</sub> across all tested crops was revealed, while LC<sub>90</sub> concentrations caused moderate damage to cucumber and eggplant but were less detrimental to tomato and pepper.</div><div>On this basis, garlic EO nanoemulsions may be an eco-friendly alternative to conventional insecticides for whitefly control. 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Garlic essential oil nanoemulsion for sustainable management of Bemisia tabaci and phytotoxicity evaluation in four key horticultural crops
Bemisia tabaci is a cosmopolitan pest damaging many crops, leading to significant yield losses through direct feeding activity, honeydew deposition, as well as virus transmission. The overuse of synthetic insecticides has prompted resistant pest populations, necessitating alternative control tools. This study evaluates the insecticidal efficacy of a garlic (Allium sativum) essential oil (EO) nanoemulsion against different life stages of B. tabaci, its effect on adult fertility, and its phytotoxic effects on cucumber, eggplant, tomato, and pepper. The EO was chemically characterized by GC-MS and then used to develop an EO-based nanoemulsion by high-pressure microfluidization.
The garlic EO nanoemulsion was highly effective against nymphs and adults, achieving over 80 % and 90 % mortality, respectively, at the highest tested concentrations. Furthermore, treated adults exhibited a marked decrease in oviposition rate. At the highest concentration, oviposition was almost completely inhibited. While ovicidal activity was limited, with less than 50 % egg mortality observed at the maximum concentration, the combined impact on adult mortality and produced offspring highlighted the nanoemulsion's potential to reduce the target pest population. No significant phytotoxicity at LC50 across all tested crops was revealed, while LC90 concentrations caused moderate damage to cucumber and eggplant but were less detrimental to tomato and pepper.
On this basis, garlic EO nanoemulsions may be an eco-friendly alternative to conventional insecticides for whitefly control. By targeting multiple life stages and reducing reproductive success, garlic EO nanoemulsions have potential to be used in integrated pest management strategies, although field studies are needed to further evaluate the EO nanoemulsion.
期刊介绍:
The Editors of Crop Protection especially welcome papers describing an interdisciplinary approach showing how different control strategies can be integrated into practical pest management programs, covering high and low input agricultural systems worldwide. Crop Protection particularly emphasizes the practical aspects of control in the field and for protected crops, and includes work which may lead in the near future to more effective control. The journal does not duplicate the many existing excellent biological science journals, which deal mainly with the more fundamental aspects of plant pathology, applied zoology and weed science. Crop Protection covers all practical aspects of pest, disease and weed control, including the following topics:
-Abiotic damage-
Agronomic control methods-
Assessment of pest and disease damage-
Molecular methods for the detection and assessment of pests and diseases-
Biological control-
Biorational pesticides-
Control of animal pests of world crops-
Control of diseases of crop plants caused by microorganisms-
Control of weeds and integrated management-
Economic considerations-
Effects of plant growth regulators-
Environmental benefits of reduced pesticide use-
Environmental effects of pesticides-
Epidemiology of pests and diseases in relation to control-
GM Crops, and genetic engineering applications-
Importance and control of postharvest crop losses-
Integrated control-
Interrelationships and compatibility among different control strategies-
Invasive species as they relate to implications for crop protection-
Pesticide application methods-
Pest management-
Phytobiomes for pest and disease control-
Resistance management-
Sampling and monitoring schemes for diseases, nematodes, pests and weeds.