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Antifeedants for the Colorado Potato Beetle—I. Antifeeding Constituents of Some Plants from the Sagebrush Community

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A two-choice type bioassay has been used to screen extracts from a number of plants of the sagebrush community for their antifeeding properties against the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. The extracts of Artemisia tridentata, Purshia tridentata and Chrysothamnus nauseosus have been fractionated for their antifeeding constituents. Known constituents of these plants (deacetalmatricarin, coumarins, cucurbitacins, polyphenols, polyacetylenes, and essential oils) were also screened. The results indicate that several chemical classes of compounds are responsible for antifeeding activity in each plant. Water soluble substances present in the waste marc after steam distillation of peppermint oil were highly active, too.

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  1. Tibor Jermy

    Present address: Present address: Research Institute for Plant Protection, H-1525, Budapest, Pf. 102, Hungary

  2. B. A. Butt

    Present address: Present address: Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USDA, P.O. Box 179, Kearneysville, WV, 25430, USA

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Administration, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Yakima, WA, 98902, USA

    Tibor Jermy, B. A. Butt & L. McDonough

  2. Western Regional Research Center, Berkeley, CA, 94710, USA

    David L. Dreyer & Allan F. Rose

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Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae).

This work was made possible in part by a cooperative research agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Washington State University (No. 12-14-5001-330). p]USA

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Jermy, T., Butt, B.A., McDonough, L. et al. Antifeedants for the Colorado Potato Beetle—I. Antifeeding Constituents of Some Plants from the Sagebrush Community. Int J Trop Insect Sci 1, 237–242 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400000473

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