Shandong Agricultural University Researchers Publish Findings in Risk Management [Eucalyptol-loaded microcapsules combined with Cynanchum komarovii extracts provide long-term and low-risk management of Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.)]: Risk Management

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2024 JAN 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on risk management are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Shandong, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Realizing eco-friendly, long-term, and low-risk aphid control on Lycium barbarum (medicinal cash crop) using a Cynanchum komarovii extracts and eucalyptus oil-loaded microcapsules (EOMCs) formulation compositions is viable.”

Financial supporters for this research include Department of Science And Technology of Shandong Province; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Department of Science And Technology.

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Shandong Agricultural University: “In this study, the aim is to optimize the composition of Cynanchum komarovii extracts and EOMCs formulation for effective control of aphids, the release of EOMCs was controlled by changing the cross-linking degree of the shell to match the aphid control characteristics of Cynanchum komarovii extracts. Four types of polyamines were used as cross-linking agents for the preparation of EOMCs by interfacial polymerization. The bioactivity, wettability, and field application efficacy of Cynanchum komarovii extracts and different EOMCs formulation compositions were evaluated. These EOMCs exhibited an encapsulation efficiency exceeding 85 %. The control efficiency of the formulation compositions of microcapsules with a moderate release rate and Cynanchum komarovii extracts on aphids remained at 62.86 %, while the control efficiency of the combination of microcapsules with the fastest and slowest rates with Cynanchum komarovii extracts was only 48.62 % and 57.11 %, respectively. The formulation compositions of Cynanchum komarovii extracts with all four types of EOMCs were found to be safe for Chinese wolfberry plants.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Overall, by selecting appropriate polyamines during fabrication, the release rate can be effectively controlled to achieve sustainable and low-risk aphid control in Lycium barbarum through compounding with selected microcapsules.”

For more information on this research see: Eucalyptol-loaded microcapsules combined with Cynanchum komarovii extracts provide long-term and low-risk management of Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024,270():115874. The publisher for Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety is Elsevier.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115874.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Jian Zhang, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271018, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Rui Wang, Zhengyi Sun, Xuewen Jian, Yue Xu, Xuan Zhou, Xiaojie Liang, Jin Lin, Beixing Li, Wei Mu, Yuekun Li.