Plant Oil Nano-Emulsions as a Potential Solution for Pest Control in Sustainable Agriculture Author D., AmanY Author Elham, Abd-Elnabi · Author El-saWY, Abdel Fattah Vegetable and Aromatic Plant Insects Research Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt Author Mohamed, El-saWY · Author BadaWY, E. I. Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, 21545 - El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt Author Keywords, BadaWY Abstract text Neotropical Entomology 2025 35 2025-01-30 54 1 35 35 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01243-5 journal article 310176 10.1007/s13744-024-01243-5 b4a346af-dfde-42d8-b067-324d78b60319 1678-8052 PMC11782356 39885108 15557695

Table 5 Pesticidal effect of the tested oils and their nano-emulsions on Aphis gossypii and Tetranychus uritica under laboratory conditions

Compounds	LC a (mg/L) 50	Confidence limits		LC b 90	Confidence limits		Slopec ± SE	Interceptd ±SE	(χ 2)e
aLC median lethal concentration (concentration which caused 50% mortality of the tested adults) 50 bSlope of the concentration—mortality regression line ±standard error cLC concentration causing 90% death for the tested adults 90 dIntercept of the regression line ±S.E eChi-square value
		Lower	Upper	(mg/L)	Lower	Upper
Aphis gossypii
Purslane oil	85.02	24.33	167.73	427.68	206.29	5469.43	1.83± 0.18	−3.52± 0.38	4.85
Purslane oil nano-emulsion	72.74	16.76	197.37	4608.90	950.74	1,263,067.25	0.71± 0.09	−1.32± 0.19	7.20
Radish oil	555.42	320.59	1383.91	69,163.13	9998.13	66,885,031.55	0.61± 0.18	−1.68± 0.46	0.59
Radish oil nano −emulsion	453.91	303.19	729.28	14,417.18	4741.92	195,608.94	0.85± 0.18	−2.27± 0.47	0.13
Rosemary oil	869.64	699.79	1165.82	4346.75	2684.07	9832.30	1.83± 0.26	− 5.39± 0.70	0.01
Rosemary oil nano-emulsion	72.45	2.23	165.76	22,429.24	3883.65	142,208,243.29	0.51± 0.18	− 0.96± 0.46	1.27
Tetranychus uritica
Purslane oil	291.05	240.54	344.44	1099.51	899.88	1410.96	2.22± 0.18	− 5.47± 0.49	0.15
Purslane oil nano-emulsion	235.86	176.94	316.06	3795.84	2083.34	9717.97	1.06± 0.13	− 2.52± 0.31	0.17
Radish oil	359.95	251.31	439.51	868.28	750.27	1075.01	3.35±0.58	− 8.57± 1.64	1.25
Radish oil nano-emulsion	263.54	127.32	390.81	1733.28	1350.15	2533.43	1.57±0.26	− 3.79± 0.80	0.21
Rosemary oil	337.46	220.86	415.61	748.21	650.12	920.94	3.71±0.73	− 9.37± 2.05	0.24
Rosemary oil nano-emulsion	240.98	110.81	363.67	1507.04	1183.11	2141.39	1.61±0.28	− 3.83± 0.84	2.74