Alternative controlling agent of Theobroma grandiflorum pests: nanoscale surface and fractal analysis of gelatin/PCL loaded particles containing Lippia origanoides essential oil.

ROCHA, A. L. F.; NUNES, R. Z. de A.; MATOS, R. S.; FONSECA FILHO, H. D. da; BEZERRA, J. de A.; LIMA, A. R.; GUIMARÃES, F. E. G.; PAMPLONA, A. M. S. R.; MAJOLO, C.; SOUZA, M. G. de; CAMPELO, P. H.; TÃLU, s.; BAGNATO, V. S.; INADA, N. M.; SANCHES, E. A.

Alternative controlling agent of Theobroma grandiflorum pests: nanoscale surface and fractal analysis of gelatin/PCL loaded particles containing Lippia origanoides essential oil.

Autores

ROCHA, A. L. F.

NUNES, R. Z. de A.

MATOS, R. S.

FONSECA FILHO, H. D. da

BEZERRA, J. de A.

LIMA, A. R.

GUIMARÃES, F. E. G.

PAMPLONA, A. M. S. R.

MAJOLO, C.

SOUZA, M. G. de

Descripción

A new systematic structural study was performed using the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) reporting statistical parameters of polymeric particles based on gelatin and poly-épsilon-caprolactone (PCL) containing essential oil from Lippia origanoides. The developed biocides are efficient alternative controlling agents of Conotrachelus humeropictus and Moniliophtora perniciosa, the main pests of Theobroma grandiflorum. Our results showed that the particles morphology can be successfully controlled by advanced stereometric parameters, pointing to an appropriate concentration of encapsulated essential oil according to the particle surface characteristics.