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Oriental fruit moth,  Grapholita molesta  (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is an important pest of stone and pome fruits. Growers usually depend on chemical insecticides to control this pest, but demand for more environmentally-friendly means of controlling pests is increasing. At least 91 plant extracts have been reported to be effective against other lepidopterans, but their acute toxicity against  G .  molesta  has rarely been studied. Among these 91 materials, we assessed the residual toxicity of 32 extracts against first instar larvae (< 5 h old) of  G .  molesta  in the laboratory.  Nicotiana tabacum  L., used at the concentration of 2 mg/ml, showed the highest corrected mortality (92.0%) with a lethal time (LT 50 ) value of 12.9 h. The extract was followed in its efficacy by  Allium sativum  L. (88.0%),  Zanthoxylum piperitum  (L.) De Candolle (70.0%), and  Sapindus mukorossi  Gaertner (65.0%), when mortality was assessed at 20 h after exposure. Against adult fruit moths (< 5 d old),  N .  tabacum  also showed the highest corrected mortality among tested extracts, being 85 and 100% in adult females and males, respectively, at 168 h after exposure. However, there was no synergistic effect of the combined application of any of the top four extracts in either laboratory or greenhouse assays. Oviposition by  G .  molesta  on peach twigs was reduced 85–90% when  N .  tabacum  was applied at 4 ml/ twig compared to control (methanol), demonstrating that  N .  tabacum  may have potential for use as a botanical insecticide against  G .  molesta .

Extract of Nicotiana tabacum as a potential control agent of Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)