The Efficacy of Herb Plant Extracts to Controlling and Repellent of Mealybugs Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley
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Sugar apple mealybug is an important pest of sugar apple. The infestation is by sucking plant sap of fruit and excreting honeydew, which is liquid, sticky substrance, and sweet. Black mold can grow on the honeydew covered parts of the fruit. This reduces photosynthesis and causes the problem for exports. This study aimed to screen the effectiveness of herb plant extract for controlling and repelling on sugar apple mealybugs. Fourteen plant species were extracted by water and 70%ethyl alcohol, and tested the controlling effect with 3rd instar nymph of sugar apple mealybugs in laboratory condition (26.80-30.80 oC, 65.00-89.00%RH). Tobacco leaf with water extraction method showed the highest mortality rate (73.33%) against sugar apple mealybug with significantly different (P<0.01) from all treatments. Meanwhile, sugar apple leaf and tobacco leaf extracted with ethyl alcohol had the highest mortality rate of the mealybugs (100%) with non-significant difference (P>0.05) between wildbetal leafbush extract (83.33%). Therefore, after 24 hours after the treatments, wildbetal leafbush extract was the most effective on mealybug repellent either water extraction (76.67%) or ethyl alcohol extraction (90.00%) followed by sugar apple leave extract. This study showed that tobacco leaves, sugar apple leaves, and wildbetal leafbush extracts were the most effective plant for controlling sugar apple mealybugs. This can be used as a guidline for the extraction and control sugar apple mealybugs under field condition.
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