Toxic effect of a selection of medicinal plant products against the parasitic bee mite Varroa destructor

Dynamic Chiropractic

Sohbat Bahraminejad¹  Mehdi Ashrafi Parchin²  Reza Ashrafi Parchin³ 

[1] Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.;Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.;Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Iran.

关键词: Honey bee;    management;    plant extracts;    plant resin;    Varroa destructor.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/JMPR11.1197

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: MPA Media

【 摘 要 】

Varroa destructoris a dangerous pest directly for beekeeping and indirectly for crops that require insect pollination. Acaricides appeared to be effective againstVarroamite but their application within the hives contaminates the wax and honey. The problems associated with the use of acaricides proved considerable incentive to develop new treatment strategies and screening for potential acaricides to minimize these problems. Natural products might provide effective solution to the problem of varroatosis. In the present study, we tested medicinal plant extracts includingAchillea millefolium,Artemisia sieberi,Mentha longifolia,Peganum harmala,Satureja sahandica,Teucrium poliumandThymus kotchyanus, andFerula assa-foetidaresin againstvarroamite. The mortality was counted after first and second weeks of treatment and total number of dead mites was recorded. All plant extracts and resin showed strong toxicity. However,F. assa- foetidaresin andA. sieberiandT. kotschyanusextracts were stronger plant materials in the all tested times and displayed the highest number of mortality. These results demonstrated that tested plant extracts and resin can be suitable alternatives to conventional chemical substances.

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