Pest control agent
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a compound usable as a pest control agent and has excellent pest control activity. A compound represented by formula (I) has excellent pest control activity. The compound or an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable salt thereof is thus useful as a pest control agent.
1. A compound represented by formula (I) or an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable salt thereof:
wherein the two R variables represent a hydrogen atom, respectively, or the two R variables may combine together to represent an oxo group.
2. A composition for use as a pest control agent, comprising a compound defined in claim 1 or an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable carrier.
3. A method for controlling a pest, comprising applying an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) defined in claim 1 or an agriculturally or horticulturally acceptable salt thereof to a plant or soil.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the pest is a hemipteran pest.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said hemipteran pest is selected from Aphidoidea, Pentatomidae , or Coccoidea.
6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the hemipteran pest is at least one pest selected from the group consisting of Myzus persicae, Aphis gossypii, Trigonotylus caelestialium and Pseudococcus comstocki.