Molluscicidal activity of some naturally occurring compounds and their blends against land snails | ||
| Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 3, December 2009, Pages 39-50 PDF (529.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpces.2009.459626 | ||
| Author | ||
| Saad R. El-Zemity* | ||
| Pesticide Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A laboratory screening test had been conducted to throw light on the molluscicidal activity of some plant essential oils components and their blends against the white garden, Theba pisana and the brown garden, Helix aspersa terrestrial snails. The role of pipernol butoxide in synergizing the toxicity of the tested chemicals was also evaluated. The results showed that thymol proved to be the most effective one of the tested products against the two tested snails, followed by eugenol and pulegone. T. pisana snails were more susceptible to the tested chemicals than H. aspersa. The synergist, pipernol butoxide enhanced the toxicity of some of the tested chemicals, particularly against T. pisana. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Molluscicidal activity; natural products; plant essential oils components; Theba pisana; Helix aspersa; terrestrial snails | ||
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