EVALUATION OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST TETRANYCHUS URT1CAE (KOCH.), AND SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS (BOISD.)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

2 Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Plant extracts of Rosmarinus officinal , Melia azedarch and Salix so, were evaluated against the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis Bolsi and eggs of the mite Tetranychus urticae ( Koch). Ethanol ex­tract was more effective on the cotton leafworm than hexane extract . With regard to eggs of T. urticae hexane extract was more effective.