The antifouling activity of some juvenoids on three species of acorn barnacle, Balanus
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Analogues of insect juvenile hormones (juvenoids) have been tested for settling inhibition of cyprids from three species of barnacle, Balanus balanoides (L.), Balanus improvisus Darwin and Balanus amphitrite Darwin. Some 3-alkoxypyridine derivatives exhibited strong activity at mg litre-1 concentrations; 3,7-dimethyloctyl 2-methyl-5-pyridyl ether (8) gave an EC 50 of 0.006 mg litre-1 when tested on B. balanoides. When compound 8 and similar juvenoids were incorporated into paints, test panels kept in seawater for 8 months were free of barnacles.
TNO Identifier
239329
ISSN
1526498X
Source
Pest Management Science, 62(7), pp. 610-616.
Publisher
Society of Chemical Industry SCI
Collation
7 p.
Pages
610-616
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