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Usage of agricultural DAPfertilizer and Eucalyptus essential oils as potential attractants against the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Tephritidae)
* 1 , 2 , 3 , 3
1  Faculty of Sciences of Tunisia (FST)
2  Environment, Catalysis and Process Analysis (ECAP), National School of Engineering of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
3  Laboratory of Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisia (INRAT), Tunisia
Academic Editor: Junwei (Jerry) Zhu

Abstract:

This work aims to develop and evaluate an attractant based on the combination of DAP and Eucalyptus essential oils. Essential oils were isolated by steam distillation from Eucalyptus species and analyzed by GC-MS. About 12 and 22 constituents were identified with 1.8 was the major compounds in crude essential oil and formulations. The adsorption efficacy depends on the abundance of each compound in crude essential oils and the polarity of terpenic components. Results indicated the attractant potential of both essential oils (class III) and that DAP/essential oils formulations accomplished better attractant performance (class IV). Formulations were toxic against medfly adults.

Keywords: Attractant, Di-Ammonium Phosphate , Essential oil , Adsorption
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