Insecticidal Effects of the Annonaceous Acetogenin Squamocin and the Acetogenin Fraction of Seeds of Rollinia occidentalis on Soybean and Corn Pests
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51529#.VG2uB2fHRK0 Author(s) Diego Tolosa 1 , José Ruiz Hidalgo 1 , Pedro Eugenio Sal 1 , Susana Popich 2 , Alicia Bardón 1,3 , Adriana Neske 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Instituto de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ayacucho, Argentina . 2 Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, Chilecito, Argentina . 3 INQUINOA-CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina . ABSTRACT A treatment based on the acetogenin fraction of the methanol extract of Rollinia occidentalis seeds was applied to soybean crops for three consecutive years. In relation to the control population, the treatment reduced the population...