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Life expectancy of Amitermes evuncifer in contact with acetonic extracts of Ctenium elegans and Ritchiea reflexa. Life expectancies from concentrations of the same plant following by the same letter are not different.

Life expectancy of Amitermes evuncifer in contact with acetonic extracts of Ctenium elegans and Ritchiea reflexa. Life expectancies from concentrations of the same plant following by the same letter are not different.

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Termites play key roles in the ecosystems functioning, especially in the recycling of organic matter. However, few are considered pests because they cause damages to crops and wooden structures. Long based on the use of synthetic pesticides, the control of pestiferous termites is now focused on environmental friendly means including the use of plan...

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... 4.92±2.09 days for concentrations 2, 4, and 6 mg/cm 2 respectively) ( Figure 2). ...

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... Extracts and essential oils consist of secondary metabolites which are known to have different biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, antifungal, etc. Recently, studies have been carried out on the insecticidal activities of Ritchiea reflexa extracts (Adande et al., 2021) [1] and its essential oil (Dossouvi et al., 2022) [11] on A. evuncifer. Other studies have also shown the effect of essential oils of Ocimum canum and Cymbopogon schoenanthus on termite pests like A. evuncifer (Gbenyedji et al., 2014) [14] . ...
... Extracts and essential oils consist of secondary metabolites which are known to have different biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, antifungal, etc. Recently, studies have been carried out on the insecticidal activities of Ritchiea reflexa extracts (Adande et al., 2021) [1] and its essential oil (Dossouvi et al., 2022) [11] on A. evuncifer. Other studies have also shown the effect of essential oils of Ocimum canum and Cymbopogon schoenanthus on termite pests like A. evuncifer (Gbenyedji et al., 2014) [14] . ...
... Indeed, some studies have shown that plants possess repellent and toxic activities against insect pests (Regnault-Roger and Hamraoui, 1993) [26] . So, ethanolic extracts of Ritchiea reflexa and Ctenium elegans have been found harmful to A. evuncifer termites in Togo (Adande et al., 2021) [1] . ...