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.多年來已使用多種有害生物防治劑，但許多防治劑存在效力不足，害蟲等獲得抗性而導致其使用受到限制等各種課題。故，希望開發該等缺點少的新穎有害生物防治劑。本發明之目的在於提供對有害生物具有高活性之化合物或其鹽。本發明係關於下式(I)表示之N-(4-吡啶基)菸鹼醯胺化合物或其鹽。 [化1] 式(I)中，各取代基參照說明書。
