CHEMISTRY AND POTENTIAL OF VETIVER OIL AS STORED GRAIN PROTECTANT

dc.contributor.advisorK. K., Chahal
dc.contributor.authorAmanpal Kaur Sandhu
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-15T06:09:23Z
dc.date.available2017-06-15T06:09:23Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe present investigation deals with Chemistry and potential of vetiver oil as stored grain protectant. Vetiver oil was subjected to column chromatography to have non polar and polar fractions. Different fractions were subjected to thin layer chromatography in order to find the number of compounds present in different fractions. Rearing of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) adults were carried out. Vetiver oil, its non-polar and polar fractions were tested for their bioefficacy against adults of Tribolium castaneum by releasing them in wheat grains spiked with various concentrations of vetiver oil, its non-polar and polar fractions viz. 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, and 50,000 μg g-1 respectively. The observations of mortality were noted every 24 hrs till complete or constant mortality was obtained. The corrected per cent mortality was calculated using Abbott’s formula. Vetiver oil was found to be effective at all concentrations tested. The non-polar fraction of petroleum ether was found to be most active whereas the acetone fraction was least active. The corrected per cent mortality increased with increase in concentration and time of application. The most active petroleum ether fraction was subjected to extensive column chromatography to isolate the pure compounds. Khusinol having melting point 73oC was isolated as pure compound. The compound was characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810020374
dc.keywordsKey words: Vetiveria zizanioides, chromatography, bioefficacy, Tribolium castaneum.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPAU Ludhianaen_US
dc.subChemistryen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeVETIVER OILen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleCHEMISTRY AND POTENTIAL OF VETIVER OIL AS STORED GRAIN PROTECTANTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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