Arnoldo E. Alfaro-Corres1, Daniel González-Mendoza2, Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez1,*, Carlos Ail-Catzin2, Benjamín Valdez-Salas3, Federico Gutiérrez-Miceli4, Arturo Reyes-Ramírez1, Jacques Fils Pierre1
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.11, pp. 3933-3943, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.031129
- 31 October 2023
Abstract This work was carried out to evaluate the insecticidal effect of mono, bi and trimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) from
leaf extract of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) on the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum herbst.)
and cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley). The results showed that Cu NPs, Cu/Mn NPs and Zn/Cu
NPs had high insecticidal effect against T. castaneum (63%–80% mortality after 96 h). The Cu NPs and Zn/Cu
NPs showed also insecticidal effect against P. solenopsis, but to a lesser extent (20%–28% after 96 h). With regards
to the physicochemical characterization, Cu NPs had a zeta potential of 21.1 More >
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