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Post-fumigation productivity of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) exposed to acrylonitrile, adjuvants of acrylonitrile, acrylonitrilel-adjuvant mixtures and other modern fumigants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Rajendran  and
M. Muthu
S. Rajendran
Affiliation:
Infestation Control and Pesticides Discipline, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore-570 013, India
M. Muthu
Affiliation:
Infestation Control and Pesticides Discipline, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore-570 013, India
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Abstract

LD50 doses of chloropicrin, ethylene oxide, ethylene dibromide, acrylonitrile plus 8% carbon dioxide, and acrylonitrile plus ethylene dibromide were found to decrease the productivity of adults of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.). Acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile plus methyl iodide and phosphine caused a reduction in productivity in S. oryzae but not in T. castaneum. Carbon dioxide decreased the productivity of T. castaneum. Carbon tetrachloride, methylene chloride, methyl bromide, methyl iodide, acrylonitrile plus carbon tetrachloride and acrylonitrile plus methylene chloride had little influence on the productivity. The productivity of T. castaneum exposed to trichloroethylene and acrylonitrile plus trichloroethylene was higher than in control batches. After exposure to acrylonitrile, reduced productivity was noted in adults of Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) that had been exposed as adults or pupae, and in T. castaneum but not S. oryzae that had been exposed as pupae.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 163 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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