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Antifeedant and insecticidal activity of compounds from Pseudowintera colorata (Winteraceae) on the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) and the Australian carpet beetle, Anthrenocerus australis (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P.J. Gerard ,
N.B. Perry ,
L.D. Ruf  and
L.M. Foster
P.J. Gerard*
Affiliation:
New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
N.B. Perry
Affiliation:
Crop and Food Research, Plant Extracts Research Unit, Chemistry Department, University of Otago, New Zealand
L.D. Ruf
Affiliation:
New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
L.M. Foster
Affiliation:
Crop and Food Research, Plant Extracts Research Unit, Chemistry Department, University of Otago, New Zealand
*
P.J. Gerard, New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Abstract

Extracts of the leaves of the New Zealand native tree Pseudowintera colorata (Raoul) showed insecticidal and antifeedant activity against the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Hummel), and antifeedant activity against the Australian carpet beetle, Anthrenocerus australis (Hope). Assay-directed fractionation showed that two sesquiterpene dialdehydes, polygodial and 9-deoxymuzigadial, were responsible for these activities. Both compounds had similar antifeedant and insecticidal activity at rates from 3 to 0.4 mg/g wool in bioassays.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 547 - 552
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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