Toxicological efficacy of some indigenous dill compounds against the flesh fly, parasarcophaga dux thomson

ABSTRACT

In this study, the effect of the LC50 of the three isolated compounds [apiol, myristicin and d-carvone] from dill, Anethum graveolens, on the growth and reproduction of Parasarcophaga dux showed that the three compounds, especially apiol, caused a significant reduction in the percentage of adults emergence and females fecundity. The temperature toxicity relation shape of the three compounds and five insect growth regulations [methoprene, hydroprene, teflubenzuron, chlorfluazuron and precocene I] alone or in combination against P. dux was studied and discussed