Biological and Biochemical Evaluation of Synthesized Green Nanoparticles and Ethanol Extract of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus L.) against Housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

El-Sheikh, Mohamed Fadel; Eldefrawy, Basem Mohamed; Said, Saadiya Mohamed

doi:10.21608/ejcp.2023.204728.1017

Biological and Biochemical Evaluation of Synthesized Green Nanoparticles and Ethanol Extract of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus L.) against Housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Egyptian Journal of Crop Protection

Volume 18, Issue 1, June 2023, Page 24-34 PDF (518.31 K)

Document Type: Research articles

DOI: 10.21608/ejcp.2023.204728.1017

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Mohamed Fadel El-Sheikh ¹; Basem Mohamed Eldefrawy²; Saadiya Mohamed Said²

¹Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt

²Economic Entomology and Agricultural Zoology Dept., Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ., Shibin El-Kom, Egypt

Abstract

The house fly is one of the most important medical and veterinary insects for humans and farm animals. In the current study, the effect of two compounds of plant extract was evaluated against the larvae of the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), ethanolic extract of lemongrass plant Cymbopogon citratus L.), and the nanoparticles of the extract of the same plant. The effect of both compounds against housefly larvae and pupae resulting from larvae treated using the technique of feeding and dipping were compared. The results showed that the feeding technique is more effective against larvae when compared with the dipping technique. The results also indicated that the nanoparticles of the plant extract were more effective against larvae, which led to an increase in the period of larvae and pupae, and an increase in death rates in each of them, also led to deformities in the adult insects resulting from the treated larvae compared to the control. Treatment with the compounds caused some biochemical changes, where the treatment with nanoparticles of the plant extract caused significant increasing in the levels of total protein, total carbohydrates, total lipids and acetylcholinesterase activity (Ach E) compared to the control in the larval stage. As for the pupae resulted from treated larvae, the treatment resulted in a significant increase in the case of using nanoparticles of the plant extract in all the tested biochemical indicators. Therefore, nanoparticles can be used to control house fly larvae, with further study to know the effect of these particles.

Keywords

Cymbopogon citratus; silver nanoparticles; Musca demostica; insecticidal activity; biochemical parameters

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	Biological and Biochemical Evaluation of Synthesized Green Nanoparticles and Ethanol Extract of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus L.) against Housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)
Egyptian Journal of Crop Protection
Volume 18, Issue 1, June 2023, Page 24-34 PDF (518.31 K)
Document Type: Research articles
DOI: 10.21608/ejcp.2023.204728.1017
View on SCiNiTO
Authors
Mohamed Fadel El-Sheikh ¹; Basem Mohamed Eldefrawy²; Saadiya Mohamed Said²
¹Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt
²Economic Entomology and Agricultural Zoology Dept., Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ., Shibin El-Kom, Egypt
Abstract
The house fly is one of the most important medical and veterinary insects for humans and farm animals. In the current study, the effect of two compounds of plant extract was evaluated against the larvae of the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), ethanolic extract of lemongrass plant Cymbopogon citratus L.), and the nanoparticles of the extract of the same plant. The effect of both compounds against housefly larvae and pupae resulting from larvae treated using the technique of feeding and dipping were compared. The results showed that the feeding technique is more effective against larvae when compared with the dipping technique. The results also indicated that the nanoparticles of the plant extract were more effective against larvae, which led to an increase in the period of larvae and pupae, and an increase in death rates in each of them, also led to deformities in the adult insects resulting from the treated larvae compared to the control. Treatment with the compounds caused some biochemical changes, where the treatment with nanoparticles of the plant extract caused significant increasing in the levels of total protein, total carbohydrates, total lipids and acetylcholinesterase activity (Ach E) compared to the control in the larval stage. As for the pupae resulted from treated larvae, the treatment resulted in a significant increase in the case of using nanoparticles of the plant extract in all the tested biochemical indicators. Therefore, nanoparticles can be used to control house fly larvae, with further study to know the effect of these particles.
Keywords
Cymbopogon citratus; silver nanoparticles; Musca demostica; insecticidal activity; biochemical parameters


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