Abstract
The aim of the work was to study the feeding deterrent activity ofprecocenes, their synthetic analogues, and some related compunds to storage pests: Sitophi/us granarius L., Tribolium con/usum Duv., Trogoderma granarium Ev., and aphids: Myzuspersicae (Sulz.). Among all tested compounds precocenes I and 11 exhibited the best feeding deterrent activity against all tested insects. 4-Chromanols ( 16, 17 and I 8), alcohols 19, 20 and 3-chromanone (15) showed high deterrence towards the larvae of T con/usum. The best antifeedant activity towards the adults of both T confusum and S granarius was observed for substituted phenols with methoxy group at benzene ring. The biological tests carried out on aphids showed that the presence ofmethoxy group in the molecule was a crucial structural factor for the appearance of antifeedant activity against these insects.
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Authors and Affiliations
Aleksandra Halarewicz-Pacan