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Sugar derivatives containing oxiranes and α,β‐unsaturated γ‐lactones as potential environmentally friendly insecticides
Author(s) -
Justino Jorge,
Rauter Amélia P,
Canda Tana,
Wilkins Richard,
Matthews Elizabeth
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pest management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.296
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1526-4998
pISSN - 1526-498X
DOI - 10.1002/ps.1064
Subject(s) - biology , artemia salina , housefly , trialeurodes , greenhouse whitefly , insect , sugar , biopesticide , toxicology , botany , pesticide , larva , food science , pest analysis , toxicity , ecology , homoptera , chemistry , musca , organic chemistry
A range of novel sugar derivatives containing oxiranes or α,β‐unsaturated γ‐lactones in their structure were evaluated as potential insecticides with the added possible benefit of being benign in the environment. A number of arthropod species were chosen to represent those in the terrestrial, aerial and aquatic environments, covering target adult insects such as Musca domestica L (housefly) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (glasshouse whitefly), which are public health and horticultural pests, Drosophila melanogaster Meig (fruitfly), both adult and larva, and a marine non‐target crustacean, Artemia salina L. The tested compounds possessed efficacy and selectivity against these insect species, but were not toxic to brine shrimps, a reference organism in assays to evaluate the potential toxicity hazard to invertebrates in ecosystems. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry