| Literature DB >> 24414887 |
J C Reese1, B G Chan, A C Waiss.
Abstract
Maysin, a flavone glycoside from corn silks, inhibits ingestion, and thus growth, ofHeliothis zea (Boddie) larvae. Pinitol from soybeans inhibitedH. zea growth by the same mechanism. Despite the widely held assumption that tannins inhibit growth by inhibiting assimilation, cotton condensed tannin inhibitedH. zea growth by reducing ingestion; no evidence was found for a reduction in assimilation. Neonate larvae are shown to be much more sensitive to allelochemics than larvae that have fed on control diet before being transferred to diet containing plant allelochemics.Entities:
Year: 1982 PMID: 24414887 DOI: 10.1007/BF00989100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Ecol ISSN: 0098-0331 Impact factor: 2.626