A METHOD OF PROTECTING PLANTS OR CROPS FROM INSECT PESTS AND PATHOGENIC MICROBES AND A METHOD OF IMPARTING AROMA THERETO IN A FACILITY OR INSTALLATION FOR CULTIVATING AGRICULTURALPRODUCTS

摘要

An object of the present invention is to maintain low density of plant insect pests and suppressing development of insect pests in easy manner by treating a composition containing a volatile food additive, typical of which is cinnamic aldehyde having sufficient estimation of safety. This object is attained by a method of protecting agricultural products comprising heating a composition containing a volatile food additive such as cinnamic aldehyde in a facility for cultivating agricultural products, thereby evaporating and diffusing in the facility, and effecting extermination of microbes, sterilization, protection from insect pests and addition of aroma in the facility.