Acaricidal and repellent properties of some plant extracts against poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae)

Rajabpour, Ali; Abdali Mashhadi, Ali Reza; Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22073/pja.v7i1.34098

Acaricidal and repellent properties of some plant extracts against poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae)

Authors

Ali Rajabpour ¹

Ali Reza Abdali Mashhadi ²

Mohammad Reza Ghorbani ³

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran;

² Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran

³ Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Technology, RaminAgriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran;

10.22073/pja.v7i1.34098

Abstract

Poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae De Geer (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), is an important pest of birds in avicultures and it is an economic, hygienic and epidemiologic problem in the poultry industry. Uses of botanical pesticides are good and safe alternatives instead of chemical compounds. In the present study acaricidal and repellency activities of Conocarpus erectus, Portulaca oleracea and Pistacia atlantica extracts were evaluated against D. gallinae by calculation LC₅₀ value and repellency index of each herbal extract in laboratory conditions and were compared with abamectin (a conventional chemical acaricide). However, all herbal extracts had less toxicity against the mite than abamectin. Aquatic and ethanolic extracts of C. erectus exhibited repellent for D. gallinae. The repellency effect was not observed in P. oleracea and P. atlantica extracts. Therefore, based on this experiment, it could be concluded that the aquatic and ethanolic extracts of C. erectus can be used as a safe botanical acaricide and repellent compound for control of D. gallinae in avicultures.

Keywords

Birds

botanical acaricide

Conocarpus erectus

Portulaca oleracea

Pistacia atlantica

repellent