Insect growth regulators (IGRs) of the juvenile hormone type alter physiological processes essential to insect development and appear to act specifically on insects. Three natural juvenile hormones have been found in insects but not in other organisms. Future use of antagonists or inhibitors of hormone synthesis may be technically possible as an advantageous extension of pest control by IGRs. A...

The present study was designed to provide information on the susceptibility status of the adult and larvae of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. Bioassay tests were performed on adults and larvae by using WHO recommended concentrations and test kits. Adults of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were exposed to test papers impregnated with Lambda-cyhalothrin (0.05%), Cyfluthrin (0.15%...

The rapid increase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to ethambutol (EMB) threatens the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). We investigated the role of mutations in the embC-embA intergenic region (IGR) in EMB-resistant clinical strains from east China. A total of 767 M. tuberculosis clinical strains were collected and analyzed for their drug susceptibility to EMB using the MGIT...

In recent years, adult Chironomidae (particularly Chironomus yoshimatsui and Tokunagayusurika akamushi) emerging from polluted natural and man-made aquatic habitats in urban areas of Japan have become intolerable because they pose severe nuisance and economic problems. Several organophosphorus (OP) insecticides and insect growth regulators (IGRs) including methoprene and diflubenzuron were test...

Threshold concentrations for treatment related effects of 31 insecticides, as derived from aquatic micro-/mesocosm tests, were used to calibrate the predictive value of the European Tier-1 acute effect assessment on basis of laboratory toxicity tests with Daphnia magna, Chironomus spp., Americamysis bahia and Gammarus pulex. The acute Tier-1 effect assessment on basis of Daphnia (EC(50)/100) ov...

In this study, we used two different types of bioassay, a contact filter paper toxicity bioassay and a soil toxicity bioassay, to compare the acute toxicity of twenty-four insecticides belonging to six chemical categories on earthworm species, Eisenia fetida. Results of the contact filter paper toxicity bioassay indicated that neonicotinoids were super toxic to E. fetida (48 h-LC(50) value rang...

* ايجولونكت دهعم – دادغب , ينقتلا ميلعتلا ةئيه / دادغب ** مسق ةسدنه نداعملاو جاتنلاا , ةيجولونكتلا ةعماجلا / دادغب *** ايجولونكتلاو مولعلا ةرازو / دادغب 497 مييقت لكآتلا ةمواقم طاسوا يف ةيتيركنوكلا ةناسرخلا ةيوقت يف مدختسملا ديدحلل ةفلتخم ةيئام بوقعي فسوي ثيل * شابك ةرهزلا دبع لحز ** و حلاص دمحم قفوم *** 2010/12/21 خیرات میدقتلا : 2011/6/2 خیرات لوبقلا : ةصلاخلا ف حيلستلا ديدحل ...

Most animals, including pest insects, live in an "odor world" and depend strongly on chemical stimuli to get information on their biotic and abiotic environment. Although integrated pest management strategies including the use of insect growth regulators (IGRs) are increasingly developed, most insect pest treatments rely on neurotoxic chemicals. These molecules are known to disrupt synaptic tra...

House flies, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) are mechanical vectors of many diseases on poultry facilities and have the ability to develop resistance to different insecticides. The aim of the present study was to assess the resistance status of house flies to neonicotinoids and insect growth regulators (IGR) from poultry facility populations in Punjab, Pakistan. M. domestica populations ...