Risk assessment studies addressing effects of agrochemicals on bumblebees frequently use microcolonies. These are queenless colonies consisting workers only in which typically one worker will lay unfertilized male-destined eggs. In the first tier risk for bees, short-term laboratory experiments (e.g. microcolonies) used, results determine whether higher (semi-)field needed. To evaluate suitabil...

Neonicotinoids such as acetamiprid (ACE) belong to a new and widely used single class of pesticides. Neonicotinoids mimic the chemical structure of nicotine and share agonist activity with the nicotine acetylcholine receptor (nAchR). Neonicotinoids are widely considered to be safe in humans; however, they have recently been implicated in a number of human health disorders. A wide range of muscu...

O trabalho está relacionado com a degradação fotocatalítica da acetamipride, uma base piridínica amplamente utilizada em inseticida neonicotinóides, em suspensões aquosas de O 2 /TiO 2 irradiada por UV. A taxa de degradação foi estudada por HPLC/DAD e espectrofotometria UV. Verificou-se que a reação é de pseudo-primeira ordem, no intervalo de concentração de (0,5-2,0 mg cm). A análise de RMN de...

We evaluated the effects of 23 insecticides and 9 fungicides on mite Neoseiulus barkeri（Hughes）collected from melon gerbera greenhouses. The nitenpyram, acetamiprid, flufenoxuron, chlorantraniliprole, pyridalyl, acequinocyl, cyenopyrafen, cyflumetofen, pyflubumide, fungicide flutianil＋mepanipyrim had no effect survival fecundity adult females. In contrast, spinosad, spinetoram, abamectin, emame...