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. 2023 Jan;89(1):141-156.
doi: 10.1007/s10493-022-00763-2. Epub 2022 Dec 7.

Molecular characterization of Hyalomma dromedarii and evaluation of acaricidal potential of herbal methanolic extracts against H. dromedarii larvae in comparison to synthetic acaricides

Aman D Moudgil  1 , Prashant S Daundkar  2 , Anil K Nehra  3 , Sukhdeep Vohra  3 , Snehil Gupta  3 , Dinesh Sharma  2
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Molecular characterization of Hyalomma dromedarii and evaluation of acaricidal potential of herbal methanolic extracts against H. dromedarii larvae in comparison to synthetic acaricides

Aman D Moudgil et al. Exp Appl Acarol. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

The present study had two aims: molecular characterization of Hyalomma dromedarii infesting one-humped camels of Haryana (North India), and assessment of the acaricidal potential of herbal methanolic extracts against H. dromedarii larvae in comparison to synthetic acaricides. Phylogenetics and population neutrality indices were assessed by targeting partial amplification of mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. Larval packet test (LPT) was performed to evaluate the acaricidal efficacy of herbal extracts (Ferula asafoetida and Trachyspermum ammi) and synthetic acaricides (deltamethrin and fipronil). Phylogenetic studies established the collected ticks to be H. dromedarii, exhibiting a homology of 99.8-100%. However, the present study isolates formed a different sub-clade compared to H. dromedarii sequences from Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. Nucleotide and haplotype diversity values were indicative of demographic expansion and low gene flow. Negative values of Tajima's D (-0.612) and Fu and Li's Fst (-0.479) highlighted deviations from neutrality and emphasized recent population expansion. The median lethal concentration (LC50) values recorded for T. ammi, F. asafoetida and their combination were 3.68, 2.87 and 2.59 mg/mL, respectively, whereas the 90% lethal concentration (LC90) values were 4.09, 3.58 and 3.35 mg/mL, respectively. It was also observed that the H. dromedarii population under study was completely susceptible to both the formulated synthetic acaricides. In conclusion, combination of methanolic extracts of F. asafoetida and T. ammi could provide a potential substitute to toxic synthetic chemical acaricides and might prove a valuable component of integrated tick management strategies.

Keywords: Acaricides; Ferula asafoetida; Herbs; Hyalomma dromedarii; Phylogeny; Trachyspermum ammi.

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