USE OF FARNESENE IN AGRICULTURE OR HORTICULTURE OR IN THE PROTECTION OF STOCKS, OR FOR THE PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS, AND ALSO METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS AND ACARIDS BY USING FARNESENE

摘要

The invention relates to the use of farnesene in agriculture or horticulture or in the protection of stocks to influence hormonal processes in insects and acarids. It has been found that the development, reproduction and/or morphology of insects and acarids are influenced by gaseous or vaporous farnesene in a concentration higher than the alarm pheromone concentration for aphids. The invention also relates to a method for controlling insects and acarids with the use of farnesene in a concentration which is higher than the concentration in which farnesene acts as alarm pheromone for aphids.