Studies and applications of botanical insect antifeedants.
Author of the article:LI Shui-Qing1,2,FANG Yu-Ling1,ZHANG Zhong-Ning1
Author's Workplace:(1.State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080,China; 2Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039,China)
Key Words:plant extracts; botanical insect antifeedants; review
Abstract:After being attacked, host plants produced some secondary compounds to defend pest insects. The antifeedant is one part of these defensive chemicals. The new advance of botanical insect antifeedants is reviewed, especially on terpenoids, alkaloids as we