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The antifungal and insecticidal activities of these oils were tested against Colletotrichum acutatum, C. fragariae, and  C. gloeosporioides, and three insects, the azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides), the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti), and the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). Hedychium oils were rich in monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, especially 1,8-cineole (0.1%\u201342%), linalool (&lt;0.1%\u201356%), a-pinene (3%\u201317%), b-pinene (4%\u201331%), and  (E)-nerolidol (0.1%\u201320%). Hedychium oils had no antifungal effect on C. gloeosporioides, C. fragariae, and C. acutatum, but most Hedychium oils effectively killed azalea lace bugs. The oils also show promise as an adult mosquito repellent, but they would make rather poor larvicides or adulticides for mosquito control. 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