1. Toxicity of tebufenozide, an ecdysteroid agonist, to [i]Blattella germanica[/i] (Blattodea: Blattellidae)
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Kilani-Morakchi, S., Badi, A., Aribi, N., Farine, Jean-Pierre, Soltani, N., ProdInra, Archive Ouverte, Laboratoire de Biologie Animale Appliquée [Annaba] (LBAA), Université Badji Mokhtar - Annaba [Annaba] (UBMA), Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation [Dijon] (CSGA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Fund for Scientific Research, CNEPRU, PNR, Laboratoire de Biologie Animale Appliquée [Annaba] ( LBAA ), Université Badji Mokhtar - Annaba [Annaba] ( UBMA ), Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation [Dijon] ( CSGA ), and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
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[SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,reproduction ,[SDV.TOX] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology ,Blattella germanica ,[ SDV.BA.ZI ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,[SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology ,[ SDV.TOX ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology ,[SDV.BA.ZI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,toxicity ,tebufenozide - Abstract
The toxicity of the non-steroidal ecdysteroid agonist tebufenozide was evaluated topically on adults of the cosmopolitan cockroach Blattella germanica (Blattodea: Blattellidae). The LD50 value was estimated at 402 mu g/g of insect (range, 95% fiducial limits: 293-552) at 15 days after treatment. The effects on reproduction were observed in adult females of cockroaches that survived exposure to a LD25 (146 mu g/g of insect) of tebufenozide. Dissection of treated females showed a clear reduction in both the number of oocytes per paired ovaries and the size of basal oocytes, as compared to controls. In addition, tebufenozide significantly reduced the mating success of pairs and altered the fertility as shown through the reduction of ootheca development and total absence of viable nymphs. Tebufenozide disrupted the German cockroach reproduction by interferring with the homeostasis of the insect hormones.
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- 2014