title: Antifeedant activity of some Sri Lankan plants.
abstract: Twenty nine solvent extracts from twenty Sri Lankan plants were examined for antifeedant activity against the fourth instar larvae of Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Muls., Coccinellidae. Extracts of Sarcococca brevifolia (Buxaceae), Strychnus nux vomica (Loganiaceae), Diploclisia glaucescens, Coscinium fenestratum (Menispermaceae), Syzygium caryophyllatum (Myrtaceae), Pittosporium zeylanicum (Pittosporaceae), Lasianthus gardneri (Rubiaceae), Ferronia limonia (Rutaceae) and Allophylus cobbe (Sapindaceae) have shown strong antifeedant activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka. ifs@ifs.ac.lk
authors.forename: U L B
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Jayasinghe
authors.forename: B M M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kumarihamy
authors.forename: A G D
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bandara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waiblinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kraus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D031234:Buxaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D001517:Coleoptera; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D007306:Insecticides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029541:Loganiaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D027822:Myrtaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts; D019666:Rubiaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D027821:Rutaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D029631:Sapindaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D013188:Sri Lanka
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts