• SUBOOHI NASRIN
• Mhd shahid
• ABDU RAHEEM K

Museums have a long history that it preserves our cultural and natural heritage materials of the past for future generations. These collections are vital source for education and information for researchers and academicians, and India is a tropical country that why there is a high risk of biodeterioration. Adult silverfish is a major museum pest to over biological and natural history species. To control this problem, different control methods such as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, nematicides etc., were applied but now a day’s maximum chemicals are banned due to its carcinogenic side effects. That why the author used natural products with biocidal activity and are ecofriendly. This research is carried out on various concentrations of peppermint and nutmeg essential oil tested for 30, 60, 90 and 120-minutes on the Silverfish. Research shows that there is a number of individual significantly decreased with increasing the oil concentration, treatment duration and interaction between two in both oils. And also observed that which treatment duration have the highest effect on survival of silverfish. The Nutmeg essential oil had the greatest effect on the silverfish in comparison to peppermint. 100 % mortality was recorded in 0.9 ml at 120-minute, when treated with peppermint oil. While in case of nutmeg oils, the 100% mortality in 0.6 ml at 120-minute and 0.6, 0.9mi at 120-minutes, respectively

Adult silverfish, Oil concentration, treatment duration, survivability and mortality (%)

"Insecticidal activity of peppermint and Nutmeg essential oil against the museum pest Silverfish", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.c605-c616, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108328.pdf

"Insecticidal activity of peppermint and Nutmeg essential oil against the museum pest Silverfish", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppc605-c616, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108328.pdf