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Erythritol: An artificial sweetener with insecticidal properties

Author: Rodney Cooper, David Horton, Betsy Beers, Louis Nottingham

Published: 2020

Summary: Although safe for human consumption, the artificial sweetener, erythritol, has been shown to be insecticidal against fruit flies. We found that 20-30% erythritol is also insecticidal to pear psylla, twospotted spider mites, rust mite, and codling moth. Erythritol could be developed into an organic insecticide to manage key pear pests.

Keywords:

  • Codling Moth
  • Pear Psylla
  • Rust mites
  • Pear
  • Twospotted spider mite
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