Abstract
The saturated aliphatic monobasic and dibasic carboxylic acids have a relatively low pesticidal activity and a practical use has not been found for them. For the pea aphid the insecticidal activity of the acids and their salts increases with increasing molecular weight and reaches a maximum in lauric acid, after which it falls. The unsaturated acids are more active than the corresponding saturated analogs.
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Melnikov, N.N. (1971). Aliphatic carboxylic acids and their derivatives. In: Gunther, F.A., Gunther, J.D. (eds) Chemistry of Pesticides. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6251-7_11
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