Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.

Tatsuya Kani

Kotaro Yoshida

Tetsuo Yoneda

Kazuhisa Kiriyama

Tatsuya Jukurogi

Yuta Tazawa

DamdinSuren Boldbaatar

Michiko Kanuma

Nao Umemoto

Yoko Matsuda

Kumiko Tanaka

Tatsuya Shimada

Masahiro Matsumoto

Yoko Cho

Yuto Murai

Although a variety of pest control agents have been used for many years, many of these pest control agents have various problems, such as insufficient effectiveness, and restriction on use thereof due to resistance acquired by pests, and the like. Therefore, it is desired to develop a novel pest control agent that is less likely to have such drawbacks. One of objects of the present invention is to provide a highly active compound or a salt thereof against a pest. The present invention relates to an N-(4-pyridyl)nicotinamide compound represented by the following formula (I) (in the formula (I), for each substituent, see Description) or a salt thereof.

N-(4-pyridyl)nicotinamide compound or salt thereof

Objects of the present invention are to provide a compound which is highly active against pests, to provide a pest control agent comprising the compound, and to provide a method for controlling a pest by applying the compound. The present invention provides a 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or a salt thereof, a pest control agent which comprises the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for controlling a pest by applying the 4-(arylethynyl)pyridine or salt thereof in an effective amount.

Pest control agent

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Tatsuya Kani