BIPHENYL SULFIDE COMPOUNDS AND INSECTICIDES AND MITICIDES

摘要

Compounds exerting high activities against various destructive insects and/or mites in agricultural and horticultural field, particularly excellent miticidal activity against Panonychus citri which is a weighty pest to citrus fruits, namely, biphenyl sulfide compounds represented by the general formula [I]: [I] wherein n is 0 or 1; X<SUP>1</SUP> is hydrogen or halogeno; X<SUP>2</SUP> is halogeno; and when X<SUP>1</SUP> is hydrogen, X<SUP>3</SUP> is halogeno, difluoromethyl, or difluoromethoxy and X<SUP>4</SUP> is halogeno, while when X<SUP>1</SUP> is halogeno, X<SUP>3</SUP> is halogeno and X<SUP>4</SUP> is hydrogen.