Stabilization of cucurbitacin E-glycoside, a feeding stimulant for diabroticite beetles, extracted from bitter Hawkesbury watermelon

Cucurbitacins are feeding stimulants for diabroticite beetles, including corn rootworms and cucumber beetles, which can be added to a bait containing an insecticide thereby reducing the levels of other insecticide treatments needed to control these pests. One of them, cucurbitacin E- glycoside, is w...

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Main Authors: Phyllis A.W. Martin, Michael Blackburnsmall, Robert F.W. Schroder, Koharto Matsuo, Betty W. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2002-09-01
Series:Journal of Insect Science
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Online Access:http://www.insectscience.org/2.19/