Lethal amounts of ricinine in green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) (Suzler) fed on castor bean plants

Julius I. Olaifa; Fumio Matsumura; Jan A.D. Zeevaart; Christopher A. Mullin; Petros Charalambous

doi:10.1016/0168-9452(91)90035-7

Lethal amounts of ricinine in green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) (Suzler) fed on castor bean plants

Julius I. Olaifa, Fumio Matsumura, Jan A.D. Zeevaart, Christopher A. Mullin, Petros Charalambous

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The green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) when fed on leaves of the castor bean plant Ricinus communis L. died 8 to 24 h later. Extraction and subsequent thin layer chromatographic (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analyses separated and showed the presence of ricinine in aphids fed on castor bean plants but not in aphids fed on leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. The results indicate that plant allelochemicals, which may be present in the phloem, play a role in plant defence mechanisms against aphids.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	253-256
Number of pages	4
Journal	Plant Science
Volume	73
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9452(91)90035-7
State	Published - 1991

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