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Lycorine — a resistance factor in the plants of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae) against desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria F.

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Lycorine, an alkaloid was isolated from the bulbs ofHymenocallis littoralis Salisb. The percentage of lycorine was 0.00083. When sprayed on cabbage leaves this alkaloid inhibited the feeding of the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria at 0.05% concentration.

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  1. N. C. Pant

    Present address: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, SW7, London, England

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  1. Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    R. P. Singh & N. C. Pant

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Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to Dr. H.M. Fales and Dr H.A. Lloyed, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institute of Health, Maryland, for sending the sample of lycorine hydrochloride and tazettine.

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Singh, R.P., Pant, N.C. Lycorine — a resistance factor in the plants of subfamily Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae) against desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria F.. Experientia 36, 552–553 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965795

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