Acaricidal activity of nishinda (Vitex negundo) leaf and garlic (Allium sativum) bulb extract against red spider mite,  Oligonychus coﬀeae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in tea plantations  of Darjeeling hill, West Bengal, India

Piu Banerjee; Arghya Laha; Indrani Samaddar; Himaniv Biswas; Debjani Sarkar; Sovan Roy; Goutam K. Saha; Sanjoy Podder

doi:10.14232/abs.2021.1.59-64

Acaricidal activity of nishinda (Vitex negundo) leaf and garlic (Allium sativum) bulb extract against red spider mite, Oligonychus coﬀeae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in tea plantations of Darjeeling hill, West Bengal, India

Authors

Piu Banerjee Allergology and Applied Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan
Arghya Laha Allergology and Applied Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan
Indrani Samaddar Allergology and Applied Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan
Himaniv Biswas Department of Zoology, Krishnagar Government College
Debjani Sarkar Department of Zoology, APC Roy Government College
Sovan Roy Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Vigyan Chetana Bhavan
Goutam K. Saha Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta
Sanjoy Podder Allergology and Applied Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-164X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14232/abs.2021.1.59-64

Keywords:

Darjeeling, garlic bulb extract, Nishinda, Oligonychus coﬀeae, tea

Abstract

The red spider mite, Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner) serves as a serious threat to the Darjeeling tea plantations affecting the quality of the leaves. Various plant extracts are currently being researched as an alternative to the chemical pesticides to control the red spider mites. In the present study, the leaves of Vitex negundo L. and the bulb of Allium sativum L. were analyzed for their acaricidal activity on the larval, nymphal and adult stages of the mite. Both the extracts were found to have potent activity against red spider mites and may prove to be potential acaricides in future.

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Published

2021-08-21

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Banerjee, P., Laha, A., Samaddar, I., Biswas, H., Sarkar, D., Roy, S., Saha, G. K. and Podder, S. (2021) “Acaricidal activity of nishinda (Vitex negundo) leaf and garlic (Allium sativum) bulb extract against red spider mite, Oligonychus coﬀeae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in tea plantations of Darjeeling hill, West Bengal, India”, Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 65(1), pp. 59–64. doi: 10.14232/abs.2021.1.59-64.

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