Abstract
Rhizome extracts of different plants viz., Curcuma caesia, C. aromatica, C. longa, Zingiber officinale cv. Nadia, Z. officinale cv. Adi Local, Z. officinale cv. Kekir and Acorus calamus were evaluated for possessing insecticidal properties under the laboratory condition using Spodoptera litura as the test insect. Plants which were found effective under the laboratory condition were selected and further evaluated under field condition against Plutella xylostella. Under the laboratory conditions, hexane and chloroform extracts of A. calamus was found highly effective. Curcuma spp. gave better performance than the Zingiber spp. in similar solvent extracts. Acetone extracts were least effective among the three solvents used. Similarly, under the field conditions, A. calamus hexane extract emerged as the most effective extract with 88.40% reduction of P. xylostella over the untreated control, significantly better than the neem formulation (82.14% reduction). A. calamus chloroform extract (81.70% reduction) was comparable with the neem formulation. C. caesia hexane extract was the best treatment among Curcuma extracts and was at par with A. calamus chloroform extract and neem formulation.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Acorus calamus hexane and chloroform extracts were highly effective against Spodoptera litura in the laboratory.
- Taxon
- cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitatat0 - Treatment
- hexane and chloroform extracts of A. calamuse1
- Interactor
- Spodoptera litura
Spodoptera liturae0pest - Outcome
- highly effectivee1
- Direction
- highly effectivee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“using Spodoptera litura as the test insect”
e1“Under the laboratory conditions, hexane and chloroform extracts of A. calamus was found highly effective”
Claim · model-written summary
Curcuma extracts performed better than Zingiber extracts against Spodoptera litura in the laboratory.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- Curcuma spp.e1
- Interactor
- Spodoptera lituraSpodoptera liturae0pest
- Outcome
- better performancee1
- Direction
- bettere1
- Comparator
- Zingiber spp.e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“using Spodoptera litura as the test insect”
e1“Curcuma spp. gave better performance than the Zingiber spp. in similar solvent extracts”
Claim · model-written summary
Acetone extracts were least effective among three solvents in the laboratory.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- Acetone extractse0
- Outcome
- least effectivee0
- Direction
- leaste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“Acetone extracts were least effective among the three solvents used”
Claim · model-written summary
Acorus calamus hexane extract reduced Plutella xylostella by 88.40% over untreated control and exceeded neem formulation significantly.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- A. calamus hexane extracte0
- Interactor
- P. xylostellae0pest
- Outcome
- reduction of P. xylostellae0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 88.40%e0
- Qualifier
- 82.14% reductione0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“A. calamus hexane extract emerged as the most effective extract with 88.40% reduction of P. xylostella over the untreated control, significantly better than the neem formulation (82.14% reduction)”
Claim · model-written summary
Acorus calamus chloroform extract reduced Plutella xylostella by 81.70%, comparable to neem formulation.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- A. calamus chloroform extracte0
- Interactor
- P. xylostellae2pest
- Outcome
- reductione0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 81.70%e0
- Comparator
- neem formulatione0
- Setting
- field conditionse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“A. calamus chloroform extract (81.70% reduction) was comparable with the neem formulation”
e1“under the field conditions”
e2“P. xylostella”
Claim · model-written summary
Curcuma caesia hexane extract was the best Curcuma treatment, comparable to A. calamus chloroform extract and neem.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- C. caesia hexane extracte0
- Outcome
- best treatmente0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- Curcuma extractse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cabbage”
e0“C. caesia hexane extract was the best treatment among Curcuma extracts and was at par with A. calamus chloroform extract and neem formulation”
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