Dialkoxybenzene and dialkoxyallylbenzene feeding and oviposition deterrents against the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni: potential insect behavior control agents

Y Akhtar, Y Yu, MB Isman, E Plettner

Index: Akhtar, Yasmin; Yu, Yang; Isman, Murray B.; Plettner, Erika Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 58, # 8 p. 4983 - 4991

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Abstract

The antifeedant, oviposition deterrent, and toxic effects of individual dialkoxybenzene compounds/sets and of hydroxy-or alkoxy-substituted allylbenzenes, obtained through Claisen rearrangement of substituted allyloxybenzenes, were assessed against the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, in laboratory bioassays. Most of the compounds/sets strongly deterred larval feeding, with some exhibiting mild toxic and oviposition deterrent ...