Quinic Acid: novel, natural agent to control insects on plants

Tech ID: 22.692

Key Features

• Quinic Acid and related molecules as novel, natural agents to control insects on plants. Effective against many different orders of important insect pests.

Description

Quinic acid and other molecules of the quinate-CGA pathway have a broad-spectrum ability of reducing insect feeding. This has been demonstrated in insects from four important orders of species: coleoptera, lepidoptera, hemiptea and orthoptera, indicating a widely usable natural compound to control insect pests.

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Patents

Published: WO/2024/038063

References

Liu X et al (2022).  Natural allelic variation confers high resistance to sweet potato weevils in sweet potato.  Nat. Plants; 8: 1233-1244. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01272-1