author(s)
Waseem Kamal, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Saeed, Abdur Rehman, Hayat Zada, Abdul Latif, Taimur Khan, Muhammad Afzaal and Ateeq Ur Rehman

abstract
To investigate the percent repellent effects of chosen botanical extracts verses Lasioderma serricorne adults in laboratory settings. Native botanical extracts were extracted from three important plants namely Luffa aegyptiaca (Sponge Gourd), Carum copticum (Ajwain) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric) were tested to find their repellent abilities against the Cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne Anobiidae: Coleoptera) adults. The experiment was carried out in the laboratory and the botanical extracts were used in the concentration of 25, 50 and 75% against the beetles for the exposure period of ten days. Results showed that the botanical extracts possessed the ability of repellency against the tested beetles. As the concentration of the extracts and exposure period of the beetles increased the repellency was also increased. Maximum repellency of 66.67% was achieved at the concentration of 75% by L. aegyptiaca during the tenth day of exposure. Similarly, the C. copticum and C. longa also caused maximum repellencies of 53.35% and 43.33% at the concentration of 75% against the beetles during the tenth day of the exposure period.