Phagodeterrent compounds of fungal origin
AssigneeConsiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
InventorsMaria Agnese Sabatini, Sonia Ganassi, Claudio Altomare, Mara Favilla, Antonio Evidente, Anna Andolfi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of R—OH alcohols as phagodeterrents, and to a method for treating plants infested with aphids which comprises the administration of these R—OH alcohols.
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A method of treating plants against aphid infestation, comprising the step of administering an aqueous suspension of at least one primary alcohol of formula R—OH, wherein R is an unbranched, unsubstituted linear aliphatic group having 10 to 24 carbon atoms, saturated or unsaturated having up to two cis double bonds.
A phagodeterrent composition comprising at least one primary alcohol of formula R—OH, wherein R is an unbranched, unsubstituted linear aliphatic group having 10 to 24 carbon atoms, saturated or unsaturated having up to two cis double bonds, and at least one of citrantifidiene and citrantifidiol.
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