Contact Toxicity of Deltamethrin Against Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) Adults.
This study was conducted at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, to evaluate the response to deltamethrin concentrations for adults of three stored-product insects, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), Sitophilus oryzae (L.), and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). In insect toxicological studies, knockdown is the state of intoxication and partial paralysis as a result of exposure to an insecticide. Deltamethrin concentrations ranging from 0.48 to 140 mg/m(2) (1 to 3,000 ppm) were sprayed on glass Petri dishes. After the dishes dried, 20 adult insects of each species were placed on the treated dishes to determine the contact toxicity of deltamethrin. Assessments for knockdown were made at 15-min intervals for up to 8 h after initial exposure and then again after 24 or 48 h. Insects were then transferred to clean untreated Petri dishes with diet and observed from 0.5 to 72 h. Mortality was assessed 72 h after transfer to untreated dishes with food material. Deltamethrin was highly effective against all three species tested and achieved 99% knockdown of insects of all species within 4 h after exposure at concentrations ≥1.2 mg/m(2) Although some insects recovered from initial knockdown at concentrations ≤48 mg/m(2), nearly all the insects were killed at 140 mg/m(2) when exposed for 48 h. LC95 values for all species tested, for the 48-h exposure period, were <140 mg/m(2), the concentration of deltamethrin that could potentially be present in new ZeroFly Storage Bag fabric. ZeroFly bags are used for stored-product insect pest control.
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 (sulochana.paudyal@okstate.edu; george.opit@okstate.edu; sandipa.gautam@okstate.edu).
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Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 (sulochana.paudyal@okstate.edu; george.opit@okstate.edu; sandipa.gautam@okstate.edu) george.opit@okstate.edu.
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USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, 1515 College Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502 (frank.arthur@ars.usda.gov).
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Vestergaard SA, Place St Francois 1, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland (gvb@vestergaard.com).
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Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 (sulochana.paudyal@okstate.edu; george.opit@okstate.edu; sandipa.gautam@okstate.edu) Current Address: Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648.
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D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; D014231:Tribolium; D048889:Weevils
D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017180:decamethrin
bagged grain; knockdown; lesser grain borer; red flour beetle; rice weevil