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Research Article
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Bioefficacy of Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn. f. and Flueggea leucopyrus (Koen.) Willd. against Earias vittella Fab. |
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C. Muthu,
K. Baskar,
S. Kingsley
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S. Ignacimuthu
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ABSTRACT
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Antifeedant and larvicidal activities of hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of Clerodendrum phlomidis and Flueggea leucopyrus at 5, 2.5, 1.0 and 0.5% were studied against III instar larvae of Earias vittella. Hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and chloroform extract of C. phlomidis showed maximum antifeedant activity of 81.00 and 80.48%, respectively at 5% concentration. The least LC50 and LC90 values of 1.21 and 1.36% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and 4.96 and 5.11% for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis, respectively. Cent percent larvicidal activity was observed in chloroform extract of C. phlomidis at 5% concentration, while hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded at 87.52 and 5% concentration. The LC50 and LC90 values for larvicidal activity ware 0.51 and 1.74% for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and 1.74 and 4.69% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus, respectively. No adult emergence was observed at all concentrations of C. phlomidis chloroform extract and at 5 and 2.5% concentrations of F. leucopyrus hexane extract. The chi-square values for both antifeedant and larvicidal activities were significant. The results clearly indicated that chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and hexane extract of F. leucopyrus could be exploited to develop a new pesticidal formulation for eco-friendly pest management.
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Received: March 25, 2012;
Accepted: April 28, 2012;
Published: July 27, 2012
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INTRODUCTION
Since the beginning of agriculture, insect control has been a challenging task
for human race. With the advent of chemical pesticides, especially the chlorinated
hydrocarbons, the pests problem was controlled to a certain extent and it was
thought that the pest problem was solved. But soon it was realized that the
pests had developed resistance to these chemicals; besides they increase the
cost of application, leaving toxic residues and polluting the environment (Ahmed
et al., 1981; Ali and Rizvi, 2008; Iyengar,
2010). Excessive application of these pesticides promotes speedier evolution
of insect pests, destroys natural enemies, turns formerly harmless species into
pests, affect other non-target species and contaminates food and feed (WCS,
1980). Bami (1997) estimated that hardly 0.1% of
the agrochemicals used in crop protection reaches the target pests and the remaining
99.9% enter the environment and causes hazards to non-target organisms.
Fox et al. (2007) observed that most of the
chemical insecticides containing pentachlorophenol (PCP) caused the strongest
inhibition for symbiotic nitrogen fixation, resulting in the lowest plant yields
and also affecting the seed germination. Pesticide residues are found in commercially
grown fruits and vegetables causing Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder
(ADHD) in children when consumed (Bouchard et al.,
2010). Hence, a search for alternate techniques for the management of insect
pests is needed.
Natural derivatives exhibited biological activities of feeding deterrence,
insecticidal and growth inhibitors against variety of agricultural pests (Muthu
et al., 2010b; Baskar and Ignacimuthu, 2012a,
b; Jeyasankar et al., 2012;
Pavunraj et al., 2012). The use of locally available
plants in the control of pests is an ancient technology in many parts of the
world (Roy et al., 2005). The plant natural resource
is not only documented in terms of the number of unique species and their medicinal
use but also in terms of depth of the traditional knowledge base about the uses
for human, veterinary health care and crop protection (Ved
and Goraya, 2008). Prior to the discovery of organochlorine and organophosphate
insecticides in the late 1930s and early 1940s, botanical insecticides were
important products for pest management in industrialised countries (Isman,
1997). According to Isman (2008), botanical pesticides
are useful for consumers and farmers not only due to economic considerations
and potential health benefits but also for their naturalness. Plants are gifted
with a potential to produce a range of secondary metabolites like alkaloids,
terpenoids, flavonoids, phenols, glycosides, sitosterols and tannins. These
phytochemicals are known to protect the plants from the attack of insect-pests
(Ahmad, 2007).
The shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
is a notorious noctuid pest belonging to the order Lepidoptera causing more
than 50% loss in cotton and okra crops (Mahapatro and Gupta,
1998) and 69% on okra alone (Rawat and Sahu, 1973)
in various parts of India. With a view to control this pest, two medicinal plants
namely, Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn. F. (Lamiaceae) and Flueggea leucopyrus
(Koen.) Willd (Euphorbiaceae), were selected for this study. Traditionally,
these plants have been used to treat many diseases. Juice of leaf and root from
C. phlomidis are used for the treatment of rheumatism, asthma and other
inflammatory diseases. It is used to treat diabetes, hypertension and as sedative
(Mishra, 2003; Sankaranarayanan et
al., 2010). Juice of leaves is alterative and given in neglected syphilitic
complaints (Shafi et al., 2001). Previous studies
showed that C. phlomidis (Clerodendrum multiflorum) was used as
herbal pesticide particularly for insect pests like aphids and red hairy caterpillar
(Upadhyay et al., 2002; Bharvad,
2005). Leaf extracts of this plant were used as grain protectant (Charpot,
1998) and to control Heliothis sp. (Gandhi, 1998).
Paste of F. leucopyrus leaves mixed with tobacco is used to destroy
worms in sores (Solangaarachchi and Perera, 1993). It
is used as fish poison. The leaves were boiled and taken orally twice a day
for stomachache (Suresh et al., 2011). According
to the available literature, no work has been reported against insect pests
for these plants. Hence, this study was aimed to assess the bioefficacy of the
extracts of C. phlomidis and F. leucopyrus against E. vittella.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Collection and extraction of crude extracts: The leaves of Clerodendrum
phlomidis were collected from Coimbatore during the month of May, 2008 and
the leaves of Flueggea leucopyrus were collected from foot hills of Tirisulam
hills of Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu during May to July 2008. They were
authenticated at the Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Loyola College,
Chennai and were deposited in the Herbarium of Entomology Research Institute,
Loyola College, Chennai (C. phlomidis-ERICM-2 and F. leucopyrus-ERICM-3).
They were shade dried at room temperature and powdered coarsely. The powders
(1.0 kg) were soaked individually and sequentially with hexane, chloroform and
ethyl acetate for a period of 48 h with intermittent shaking and the extracts
were filtered through a Buchner funnel with Whatman No. 1 filter paper. The
extracts were concentrated at reduced temperature using rotary evaporator and
stored at 4°C in a refrigerator until use.
Rearing of Earias vittella: Larvae of E. vittella were collected from Thandalam village near Thirupporur, Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu and were reared on glass jars (21x15 cm) fed with bhendi fruits until pupation in the laboratory condition (27±2°C and 75±5% relative humidity). After pupation, the pupae (cocoon) were collected, kept in different glass jars covered with white muslin cloth. After the emergence of the adults (8-10 days), they were fed with 10% honey solution absorbed in cotton swabs inside glass jars. Muslin cloth was provided as an oviposition substrate. The eggs laid were kept in a glass jar covered with muslin cloth for hatching. After hatching the larvae were fed with tender leaves of bhendi in the neonate stage; after that they were fed with bhendi fruit.
Antifeedant activity: Antifeedant activity of the crude extracts of
C. phlomidis and F. leucopyrus was studied using fruit disc no
choice method (Isman et al., 1990). Fresh bhendi
fruit discs of 10 mm thickness were used for this study. The bhendi fruit discs
were dipped individually in 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0% concentrations of crude extracts.
The fruit discs dipped in acetone+Tween 80 were used as negative control since
it was used to dissolve the crude extracts. In each plastic petri dish (1.5x9
cm) wet filter paper was placed to avoid early drying of the test materials
and three third instar larvae were introduced into each petri dish containing
five discs of bhendi fruit. Five replicates were maintained for each treatment
with 15 larvae per replicate (total n = 75).
Progressive consumption of the fruit discs consumed by E. vittella
larvae was observed. After 24 h, the fruit discs were weighed using Mettler
digital balance and the difference between initial and final weights was calculated.
Real consumption was calculated as follows:
The experiment was conducted at laboratory condition (27±2°C) with
14:10 light and dark photoperiod and 75±5% relative humidity. Antifeedant
activity was calculated according to the formula of Bentley
et al. (1984):
Larvicidal bioassay: Larvicidal activity was studied using fruit disc
no choice method (Isman et al., 1990). Bhendi
fruit discs (Abelmoschus esculentus) were dipped in different concentrations
of crude extracts, placed in petri dishes and the larvae were introduced as
in the antifeedant experiment. After 24 h treatment the larvae were continuously
maintained on the untreated fresh bhendi fruits. Diet was changed every 24 h.
Larval mortality was recorded up to 96 h of treatment. The number of larvae,
replicates used and the laboratory conditions were the same as in antifeedant
experiment. Percent mortality was calculated using Abbotts formula (Abbott,
1925):
Adult emergence: The treated larvae were maintained for adult emergence. Adult emergence was calculated by subtracting the number of emerging adults from the total number of pupae.
Statistical analysis: The data for antifeedant and larvicidal activities
and adult emergence were analysed using one way ANOVA. Significant differences
between treatments were determined using Tukeys multiple range test (p≤0.05).
LC50 and LC90 values were calculated using probit analysis
(Finney, 1971). Statistical package SPSS version 11.5
was used for statistical analysis.
RESULTS Antifeedant activity: Antifeedant activities of hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of Clerodendrum phlomidis and Flueggea leucopyrus against Earias vittella are presented in Table 1. The results revealed that maximum antifeedant activities of 81.00 and 80.48% were recorded in hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and chloroform extract of C. phlomidis at 5% concentration, respectively. Antifeedant activity of C. phlomidis chloroform extract was on par with the hexane extract of F. leucopyrus. More than 60% of antifeedant activity was observed in chloroform extracts of F. leucopyrus and hexane and ethyl acetate extracts of C. phlomidis. In the case of F. leucopyrus hexane extract showed moderate to high activity in all the concentrations tested. Similar trend was also observed in chloroform extract of C. phlomidis.
Effective concentrations for antifeedant activity of the selected plants against
E. vittella are presented in Table 2. Hexane extract
of F. leucopyrus showed the least LC50 value of 1.21% and
the LC90 value of 4.96%, while the chloroform extract of C. phlomidis
recorded the LC50 and LC90 values of 1.36 and 5.11%, respectively.
Hexane extract of C. phlomidis had also recorded notable amount of LC50
and LC90 values of 1.92 and 6.16%, respectively. In the case of intercept
values hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded least intercept value
of 0.42 followed by chloroform and hexane extracts of C. phlomidis which
showed 0.47 and 0.58, respectively.
Table 1: |
Antifeedant activity (%) of selected plants extract
against Earias vittella |
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Values are Mean±SD of five replicates, Values followed
by similar alphabets in a column do not differ significantly using Tukeys
test at p≤0.05 |
Table 2: |
Effective concentrations (%) for antifeedant activity of
E. vittella |
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*Chi-square values are significant at p≤0.05 |
Table 3: |
Larvicidal activity (%) of selected plants crude extracts
against Earias vittella |
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Values are Mean±SD of five replicates, Values with
similar alphabets in a column do not differ significantly using Tukeys
test at p≤0.05 |
In the case of regression coefficient, chloroform extract of C. phlomidis
and hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded maximum regression coefficient
values. The regression coefficient values were more in the case of active crude
extracts but the coefficient values were less in the case inactive crude extracts.
Larvicidal activity: Larvicidal activities of different solvent extracts
of the selected plants against E. vittella are presented in Table
3. Chloroform extract of C. phlomidis exhibited 100% larval mortality
at 5% concentration followed by the same extract at 2.5% concentration which
recorded 97.14%. The concentration at 1.0% had also shown promising larvicidal
activity of 81.71%. Hexane extracts of F. leucopyrus exhibited statistically
significant larvicidal activity of 87.52% at 5% concentration. Ethyl acetate
extract of F. leucopyrus had also recorded notable amount of larvicidal
activity of 80.57 and 76.38% at 5 and 2.5% concentration, respectively.
Lethal concentrations for different crude extracts, their chi-square, intercept and regression co-efficient values are presented in Table 4. Chloroform extract of C. phlomidis recorded minimum LC50 value of 0.51% against the larvae of E. vittella with LC90 value of 1.74% followed by hexane extract of F. leucopyrus which recorded LC50 value of 1.74% with LC90 value of 4.69%. Significant chi-square values were observed. In the case of intercept values, chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded 0.53 and 0.50, respectively. The regression co-efficient was maximum in the case of chloroform extract of C. phlomidis (1.03) followed by hexane extract of F. leucopyrus (0.44).
Table 4: |
Lethal concentrations (%) of selected plants extracts
for larvicidal activity of Earias vittella |
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*Chi-square values are significant at p≤0.05 |
Table 5: |
Effect of different crude extracts of the selected plants
on adult emergence (%) of Earias vittella |
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Values are Mean±SD of five replicates, Values with
similar alphabets in a column do not differ significantly using Tukeys
test at p≤0.05 |
Adult emergence: Adult emergence of different solvent crude extracts of the selected plants against E. vittella is presented in Table 5. Chloroform extract of C. phlomidis at all the concentrations and hexane extract of F. leucopyrus at 5 and 2.5% concentrations did not show any adult emergence. DISCUSSION
Different plant extracts using various organic solvents yield secondary plant
metabolites in varied proportions which may have various types of biological
activity alone or in combination to protect plants from insects (Sharma
and Bisht, 2008). Fraenkel (1959) stated that food
preference by insects is based solely on the presence or absence of secondary
plant metabolites.
Antifeedant activity: In the present investigation, maximum antifeedant
activity of more than 81.00% was observed in low polar hexane extract of Flueggea
leucopyrus against Earias vittella at 5% concentration. This result
corroborates with the reports of Zapata et al. (2009)
who evaluated hexane, acetone and methanol-water (80:20%) extracts of Drimys
winteri against S. littoralis and observed that hexane extract exhibited
antifeedant activity of 76.51%. Muthu et al. (2010a)
reported that hexane extract of Atalantia monophylla at 5% concentration
exhibited antifeedant activity of 70.89% against E. vittella. Baskar
et al. (2010) reported that hexane extract of Couroupita guianensis
showed more than 80% antifeedant activity against H. armigera. Tewary
et al. (2005) reported that low polar solvent extract had higher
activity than the high polar solvent extracts. Similarly, Baskar
et al. (2008) studied the hexane extract of A. monophylla
against S. litura and observed higher antifeedant activity. The activity
may be due to the presence of active principles present in the plant extracts.
This was in agreement with the findings of (Kumar and Thakur,
1988) who reported that the antifeedant activity was related to the amount
of active substances present in the crude extracts. The present investigation
coincides with the earlier findings of Kulkarni et al.
(2003) who studied hexane, benzene, chloroform, acetone and methanol extracts
of Annona squamosa against Crypsiptya coclesalis. They observed
that hexane extract revealed maximum feeding deterrent activity of 95.43% compared
to other extracts.
In the present study chloroform extract of C. phlomidis exhibited 80.48
and 73.19% antifeedant activity at 5 and 2.5% concentrations, respectively with
the LC50 values of 1.36 and 0.96% against E. vittella. This
finding corroborates with the earlier findings of Lingathurai
et al. (2011) who reported phagodeterrent activity of chloroform
extract of Acalypha fruticosa against Plutella xylostella; they
observed maximum antifeedant activity of 92.8 and 78.35% at 5 and 2.5% concentration,
respectively with the LC50 value of 1.86. Similarly, Gogoi
et al. (2003) reported that chloroform extract of Pogostemon parviflorus,
Pongamia glabra and Annona squamosa exhibited higher feeding deterrent
activity against Helopeltis theivora than petroleum ether and methanol
extracts. Chloroform extract of Clausena anisata root showed maximum
antifeedant activity compared to petroleum ether, hexane, ethyl acetate and
methanol extracts against H. armigera (Pitan et
al., 2009).
Larvicidal activity: In the present study, 100% larvicidal activity
was observed in chloroform extract of C. phlomidis against E. vittella.
Earlier, Reena and Singh (2007) reported 100% larval
mortality at 10% methanolic extract of P. pinnata seeds against the III
instar larvae of E. vittella. Sankari and Narayanasamy
(2007) reported that fly ash waste and neem seed kernel caused 77.33% mortality
on E. vittella larvae after 72 h of treatment. Larvicidal activity of
the extracts may be due to the synergistic action of different toxic secondary
substances present in the plants that influence different sites of action physiologically
and biochemically resulting in quicker mortality. Earlier, quite a few researchers
reported that plant extracts controlled a variety of insects (Baskar
et al., 2011a, b; Jeyasankar
et al., 2012).
In the present findings, hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and chloroform
extract of C. phlomidis showed maximum larvicidal activity against E.
vittella since its consumption was very low. This finding corroborates with
the findings of Muthu et al. (2010a) who reported
that hexane extract of Atalantia monophylla showed 85.33% larvicidal
activity against E. vittella where its consumption was low. Similarly,
Rao et al. (2003) reported that reduced feeding
by E. vittella increased the mortality. Baskar et
al. (2010) stated that hexane extract of Couroupita guianensis
showed larvicidal activity, while antifeedant activity was high against H.
armigera. Sundararajan (2002) evaluated the methanol
extracts of 8 medicinal plants for their larvicidal activity against H. armigera
and observed that Vitex negundo showed higher larval mortality at 82.5%
at 2% concentration. Berenbaum (1986) observed that the
postingestive effect of plant extracts could be acute or chronic in phytophagous
insects. The larval mortality was increased significantly with the increase
in the concentration of the active crude extracts. The findings of the present
research work corroborate with the earlier findings of Muthu
et al. (2010a) on E. vitella and Baskar
et al. (2012a) on S. litura and H. armigera.
Adult emergence: In the present work, the larvae treated with the extract
revealed low adult emergence. The percent adult emergence of E. vittella
was dose-related. C. phlomidis chloroform extract did not show any adult
emergence which means that there was 100% larval mortality in all the concentrations.
No adult emergence was also noticed in hexane extract of F. leucopyrus
at 5.0 and 2.5% concentrations. This result coincides with the earlier report
of Muthu et al. (2010a) who reported that the
adult emergence was very low in hexane extract (16.66%) at 5% concentration
followed by 25% in ethyl acetate extract at 5% concentration of A. monophylla.
Hexane extract of A. monophylla completely inhibited the adult emergence
of H. armigera at 5.0% concentration (Baskar et
al., 2009). Similarly, Baskar et al. (2012b)
reported that fraction from chloroform extract of Caesalpinia bonduc
reduced the adult emergence of S. litura. Rao et
al. (2003) reported that all the treatments (neem alone and in combination
with pongam and sweet-flag) reduced pupation and adult emergence of E. vittella.
CONCLUSION The studies clearly indicated that the chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded good antifeedant and larvicidal activities and reduced adult emergence. These plants could be effectively used to develop a new pesticidal formulation for insect pest management since no work has been reported till now for these plants against E. vittella. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors thank the Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai for financial support.
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