Sodium tetraborate effects on mortality and reproduction of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae).
When flies were treated with 0- 0.5% sodium tetraborate by feeding for 24 h, mortality in treatments was not different from controls. Fecundity and fertility were reduced by 0.5% sodium tetraborate. When flies were fed for 48 h, mortality of both males and females increased in the 0.5% sodium tetraborate treatment; oviposition was eliminated for 20 d after treatment. When treatment was extended to 168 h, 0.1% sodium tetraborate caused increased mortality and decreased fecundity and fertility. Fed for 168 h, 0.2 and 0.5% sodium tetraborate killed almost all flies within the 7-d treatment. Oviposition of survivors in 0.1 and 0.2% sodium tetraborate treatments was arrested for 20 d after treatment.
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University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred 33850, USA.
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Cuyler
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D000818:Animals; D001881:Borates; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods; D007306:Insecticides; D008297:Male
D001881:Borates; D007306:Insecticides; C010634:sodium borate