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Insect growth regulatory and larvicidal activity of chalcones against Aedes albopictus
Author(s) -
Lee SeokHee,
Choi Jae Young,
Lee Bo Ram,
Fang Ying,
Kim Jong Hoon,
Park Dong Hwan,
Park Min Gu,
Woo Ra Mi,
Kim Woo Jin,
Je Yeon Ho
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/1748-5967.12288
Subject(s) - biology , aedes albopictus , juvenile hormone , larva , mosquito control , insect , insect growth regulator , aedes aegypti , biological pest control , aedes , toxicology , botany , malaria , immunology
Widespread use of chemical insecticides has resulted in development of insect resistance and natural products with biological activities could become an attractive alternative to control insect pests. In order to find more effective insecticides for controlling mosquito, various mosquitocidal compounds are studied. Recently, juvenile hormone antagonists (JHANs) have been found to be to safe and effective insecticides for control of mosquito. In order to identify novel insecticidal compounds with JHAN activity, several chalcones were surveyed on their JHAN activities and larvicidal activities against Aedes albopictus larvae. Among them, 2′‐hydroxychalcone and cardamonin showed high levels of JHAN and mosquito larvicidal activities. These results suggested that chalcones with JHAN activity could be useful for control of mosquito larvae.