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Biological activities of lignans and neolignans on the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

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Lignans and neolignans have been reported to exert different biological activities, including insecticidal ones. Three lignans, secoisolariciresinol (SECO), secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), and anhydrosecoisolariciresinol (AHS), and one neolignan, dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol-4-β-d-glucoside (DCG), were isolated from flax. Their insecticidal properties were evaluated on the aphid Myzus persicae reared on artificial diet. Life history parameters, i.e., nymphal survival, prereproductive period, and daily fecundity, were assessed and used to calculate the intrinsic rate of natural increase and the doubling time of aphid populations. Compared to the control, SDG and DCG significantly increased aphid mortality by at least 25 %, while SECO and AHS did not affect their survival. SDG did not affect life history parameters, except at the highest concentration of 100 μg/mL, which increased the population’s doubling time by more than 5 days. DCG altered all the life history parameters at all concentrations assayed. SECO induced significant deleterious effects on the aphids, except at the highest concentration of 100 μg/mL. AHS only altered prereproductive period, which increased by at least 2 days at 50 and 100 μg/mL. Lignans and neolignans are potential new bioinsecticides against aphids in the context of alternative management programs.

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The authors thank Charles Vincent and Noubar J Bostanian (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) for their helpful advices and revisions on the manuscript and the “Centre de Valorisation des Glucides et des Produits Naturels” (Amiens, France) for providing L. usitatissimum seeds.

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    Julien Saguez, Jacques Attoumbré, Philippe Giordanengo & Sylvie Baltora-Rosset

  2. Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, CNRS 7254, INRA 1355, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 400 route des Chappes, BP167, 06903, Sophia Antipolis, France

    Philippe Giordanengo

  3. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Horticultural Research and Development Centre, 430 Gouin Boulevard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, J3B 3E6, Canada

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Saguez, J., Attoumbré, J., Giordanengo, P. et al. Biological activities of lignans and neolignans on the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 7, 225–233 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-012-9236-x

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