Effects of feeding stimulant and insecticide mixtures on feeding response and morality of adult male corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)(Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) /

(258) < carbaryl (260) < methomyl (378) < acephate and

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Main Author: Clemens, Christopher Glen
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Summary:(258) < carbaryl (260) < methomyl (378) < acephate and
2.5 M sucrose were evaluated for toxicity to adult male corn
and 2) gustatory response, 3) lethal concentration, and 4)
attracticide formulation. Commercially-available
causing mortality, Acephate, carbaryl, lambda-cyhalothrin,
concentrations of sucrose and fi-uctose feeding stimulants at
concentrations. The same test mixtures were evaluated for
cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, DDVP, dimethoate, endosulfan,
cyhalothrin (4.4) < profenofos (8.4) < acephate (12.3)<
earworms via ingestion. Twenty-four hr LCggs are ranked as
effects of seventeen insecticides mixed with two sugar
feeding stimulants on feeding behavior and mortality of
follows: thiodicarb 2.0ppm Al) < methomyl (2.5) < lambda-
for control of adult H. zea
formulations of acephate, boric acid, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos,
Four laboratory bioassays, including 1) proboscis extension
gustatory response. Response inhibition varied between
imidacloprid, lambda-cyhalothrin, malathion, methomyl,
inhibited proboscis extension below 100 ppm Al
inhibition of gustatory response at toxicant concentrations
less than 2 hrs for IOX the LCgg concentration. The results
malathion (58.2) < carbaryl (73.0). Mean lethal times to
malathion, methomyl, profenofos, and thiodicarb mixed with
mean lethal time to mortality, were used to investigate the
mortality in less than 3 hrs at the 5X LCgg concentration and
mortality were estimated for the LCgg concentration and are
of these bioassays identify the potential of using feeding
oxamyl, profenofos, sulprofos, and thiodicarb, mixed with two
pheromone trap captured adult male corn earworms, Helicoverpa
ranked as follows: lambda-cyhalothrin (59 niin) < profenofos
stimulants mixed with insecticides at reduced concentrations
thiodicarb (540) < malathion (780). All toxicants caused
this bioassay indicate that none of these insecticides
toxicant concentrations up to 10,000 ppm AI (I%) (wt:vol),
toxicants, but most insecticides elicited no significant
were evaluated for proboscis extension response. Data from
zea (Boddie), to screen and evaluate toxicants for use in an
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