{"id":4306,"date":"2023-11-08T16:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:09:26","slug":"chemical-composition-and-biological-efficacy-of-acorus-calamus-l-rhizome-essential-oil-on-sitophilus-oryzae-l-rhyzopertha-dominica-f-and-oryzaephilus-surinamensis-l-as-stored-grain-prote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2023\/11\/08\/chemical-composition-and-biological-efficacy-of-acorus-calamus-l-rhizome-essential-oil-on-sitophilus-oryzae-l-rhyzopertha-dominica-f-and-oryzaephilus-surinamensis-l-as-stored-grain-prote\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical composition and biological efficacy of Acorus calamus (L.) rhizome essential oil on Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), and Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) as stored-grain protectants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4307\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-212853.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-212853.png 747w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-212853-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-212853-40x42.png 40w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>S.S. Wijerathna, A.G.W.U. Perera, S.D.M. Chinthaka<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Published in <strong>Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the research<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acorus calamus essential oil was toxic to S. oryzae, R. dominica, O. surinamensis.<\/li>\n<li>\u03b1-Asarone enriched oil produced significant repellency on test insects in an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Botanical was a potent feeding deterrent against S. oryzae, and R. dominica in 72 h.<\/li>\n<li>The essential oil induced phagostimulant activity against O. surinamensis adults.<\/li>\n<li>A. calamus oil caused severe ultrastructural impacts on insects&#8217; cuticular surfaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.S. Wijerathna, A.G.W.U. Perera, S.D.M. Chinthaka Published in Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology Highlights of the research Acorus calamus essential oil was toxic to S. oryzae, R. dominica, O. surinamensis. \u03b1-Asarone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2023\/11\/08\/chemical-composition-and-biological-efficacy-of-acorus-calamus-l-rhizome-essential-oil-on-sitophilus-oryzae-l-rhyzopertha-dominica-f-and-oryzaephilus-surinamensis-l-as-stored-grain-prote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chemical composition and biological efficacy of Acorus calamus (L.) rhizome essential oil on Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), and Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) as stored-grain protectants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":4308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4309,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions\/4309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}