Thirteen plant essential oils were tested for their repellent activity against the bean bug Riptortus clavatus. Among the tested oils, caraway (100%) and clove bud oil (92%) significantly repelled the bean bugs at a dose of 0.142㎕/cm2 by using a Y-tube olfactometer. GC and GC-MS analyses revealed that the active components responsible for the effective repellency of caraway and clove bud oil were carvone (75%) and limonene (76.9%); eugenol (100%), isoeugenol (54.3%) and β-caryophyllene (60.0%), respectively. Of the different active fractions, eugenol was the most significant one than the other components with reference to repellent activity against the bean bugs. In the GC-EAD, limonene and carvone of caraway oil were responded to the antenna of Riptortus clavatus.

점박이응애(Tetranychus urticae)에 대한 3종 식물정유(caraway oil, hyssop oil, lime oil)의 기피활성을 조사하였다. 이들 중 caraway oil이 1,000 ppm의 농도에서 의 기피효과를 나타내었으며, GC와 GC-MS로 분석한 결과 carvone과 limonene이 주요한 성분이었다. 따라서 caraway oil의 주요한 화합물에 대한 기피활성을 검정결과 limonene의 1,000과 100 ppm에서 각각 와 의 기피효과를 나타내었다.