Nematicidal activity of acetophenones and chalcones against Meloidogyne incognita and structure-activity considerations

摘要

BACKGROUNDWith the ultimate goal of identifying new compounds active against root-knot nematodes, a set of 14 substituted chalcones were synthesised, starting from acetophenones. These chalcones and various acetophenones were tested in vitro against Meloidogyne incognita.