Masoumeh Khanahmadi - Department of Chemistry, Kermanshah Branch of ACECR, Kermanshah, Iran, P.O.Box:۱۳۱۷-۶۷۱۴۵.
Maryam Negahban - Department of Chemistry, Kermanshah Branch of ACECR, Kermanshah, Iran, P.O.Box:۱۳۱۷-۶۷۱۴۵.
Saeid Moharramipour - Department of Chemistry, Kermanshah Branch of ACECR, Kermanshah, Iran, P.O.Box:۱۳۱۷-۶۷۱۴۵.
Fatemeh shahrezaei - Department of Chemistry, Kermanshah Branch of ACECR, Kermanshah, Iran, P.O.Box:۱۳۱۷-۶۷۱۴۵.

In recent decades, use of botanical insecticides as alternative to synthetic pesticides has been developed. In this research mortality half-life determination of nanocapsulated essential oil of Artemisia husskenechtii was investigated against stored product insect, Tribolium CastaneumHerbst, at 27±1°C, 65 ± 5 %R. H under dark condition. In this study, persistence or half-life time of the nanocapsulated essential oil was significantly longer than A. husskenechtii oil. These results demonstrated elucidate the suitability of nano-encapsulated essential oil as an insect control agent in organic food protection

essential oil, nano capsule, insecticide