Repellency and anti-oviposition effects of Geranium, Galbanum and Artemisia essential oils on adults of Bemisia tabaci Gen.

Plant essential oils are pest control tools that have good prospect with attention to rich plant flora of Iran. For first time in the world, repellency effects of Geranium, Pelargonium roseum Andrews, Galbanum, Ferula gumosa Boiss., and Artemisia, Artemisia sieberi Besser, essential oils on adults of Bemisia tabaci Gen. (Hom., Aleyrodidae) were evaluated by choice test under laboratory condition. Result showed that landed adults on treated leaves by 12 ppm of each essential oil were significantly lower than control treatment. This data implicated suitable protective effects of the essential oils to the pest infestation. Thus, essential oils distillated from Geranium, Artemisia and Galbanum could be applied to control B. tabaci in greenhouse cucumber at V/V 12ppm