IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ibn/masjnl/v12y2017i1p1.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Potential of Mangrove Apples (Sonneratia alba) as a Botanical Insecticide

Author

Listed:
  • Victor Siahaya
  • Trijunianto Moniharapon
  • Meigy Nelce Mailoa
  • Johanna Audrey Leatemia

Abstract

This study aims to determine the potential of mangrove apple extract (Sonneratia alba) as a botanical insecticide. Tests were conducted to observe the bioactivity of mangrove apple extract and phytochemical tests were conducted in order to see the content of bioactive compounds. The test results showed that the mortality rate of test larva (Nezara viridula) reached 98%, while the phytochemical test showed that the mangrove fruit contains phytotoxin compounds that can affect the behavior and even kill the test larvae. The compounds found are flavonoids, triterpenoids, alkaloids, tannins, steroids, phenolics, and saponins. The influence of flavonoid compounds is strong enough to attract insects.

Suggested Citation

  • Victor Siahaya & Trijunianto Moniharapon & Meigy Nelce Mailoa & Johanna Audrey Leatemia, 2018. "Potential of Mangrove Apples (Sonneratia alba) as a Botanical Insecticide," Modern Applied Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(1), pages 1-1, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:masjnl:v:12:y:2017:i:1:p:1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/mas/article/download/71970/39592
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/mas/article/view/71970
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ibn:masjnl:v:12:y:2017:i:1:p:1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Canadian Center of Science and Education (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/cepflch.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.