Fumigant toxicity of essential oils against Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a systematic review and meta-analysis

ACHIMÓN, FERNANDA; ZYGADLO, JULIO A.; PESCHIUTTA, MARÍA L.; PIZZOLITTO, ROMINA P.; BRITO, VANESSA D.; ZUNINO, MARÍA P.

JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

Lugar: HEIDELBERG; Año: 2021 p. 1 - 20

1612-4758

Our aim was to perform a qualitative review and a meta-analysis with 57 scientificarticles (108 assays) published from 1 January 2000 to 31 June 2021 dealing withfumigant toxicity of essential oils (EOs) against Sitophilus zeamais . The studies wereobtained from four electronic databases: Web of Science, SCOPUS, PubMed, andGoogle Scholar. The survey comprised 107 plant species belonging to 26 differentfamilies. Lethal concentration values (LC 50 ) of EOs were included in a Randomeffectmodel, and two subgroups were defined: ?until 24 h? and ?more than 24 h?. TheEOs more frequently evaluated were those belonging to Lamiaceae (20.18%),Asteraceae (17.43%), Apiaceae (9.17%), and Rutaceae (6.42%). The global meanvalue was 21.37 (CI 95 : 16.84-27.12), while the summary mean values of thesubgroups were 41.45 (CI 95 : 31.10- 55.26) for ?until 24 h? and 8.45 (CI 95 : 5.72-12.48) for ?more than 24 h?. Most species belonging to Apiaceae, Lamiaceae,Asteraceae, and Schisandraceae reported the highest insecticidal effects with meanvalues that ranged from 1.31 to 27.39 for ?until 24 h? and from 0.57 to 5.31 for ?morethan 24 h?. Additionally, the toxicity of the most effective EOs was discussed byaddressing their chemical composition and their major pure compounds chemical features.