Pest Management Science (2001) 57, 810-814

Hisashi Nishiwaki, Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Tamio Ueno, Shinzo Kagabu and Keiichiro Nishimura (2001)
Insecticidal and binding activities of N3-substituted imidacloprid derivatives against the housefly Musca domestica and the alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Pest Management Science 57 (9), 810-814
Abstract: N3-substituted imidacloprid congeners containing C₁-C₆ alkyl groups or various analogous groups, and their corresponding nitromethylene analogues, were used in this study. Their insecticidal activity against the housefly, Musca domestica, and their binding activity toward the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor were determined. The insecticidal test was conducted using the synergists piperonyl butoxide and propargyl propyl phenylphosphonate. The binding assay was performed with housefly head membrane preparations using radio-labelled alpha-bungarotoxin. Both insecticidal and binding activities were drastically lowered by the introduction of alkyl/allyl groups at the imidazolidine NH sites of both nitroimino and nitromethylene compounds. The binding activity of N3-substituted nitromethylene analogues was much higher than that of the corresponding nitroimino analogues. However, the insecticidal activity of both series of compounds with a given substituent was nearly identical. The insecticidal activity correlated positively with the binding activity after taking into account the structural difference of the nitroimino and nitromethylene moieties and a structural feature of the N3-substituents.
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Database assignments for author(s): Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Hisashi Nishiwaki, Shinzo Kagabu

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Musca domestica