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Comparative Effectiveness of Avermectins and Deltamethrin in Suppressing Oviposition in Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Caliphoridae
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Entomology. 85:28-32
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1992.
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Abstract
- The activities of three avermectins and deltamethrin as oviposition suppressants were investigated with a laboratory bioassay in which gravid females of the blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) were exposed to treated oviposition targets. An easily comparable index of suppression, the oviposition suppression concentration (OSC), was defined. All four compounds were effective oviposition suppressants. The three avermectins had similar OSC50 values (approximately 13 ppm). Deltamethrin, with an OSC50 of 0.4 ppm, was the most potent suppressant. The avermectins all produced significant mortality in adults with suppressed oviposition, while deltamethrin did not cause an increase in deaths at concentrations giving up to 100% suppression of oviposition. The toxicities of all four compounds to adult females were similar when assessed by topical application.
- Subjects :
- Insecticides
Oviposition
Sheep Diseases
Ectoparasitic Infestations
Egg laying
Toxicology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Nitriles
Pyrethrins
parasitic diseases
Animals
Bioassay
Calliphoridae
Ivermectin
Sheep
Ecology
biology
Diptera
fungi
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Deltamethrin
chemistry
Lucilia cuprina
Insect Science
Toxicity
Female
Nuisance
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1938291X and 00220493
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Entomology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b8818e92937fcd6a561eebbe846744e