We investigated 160 kinds of pesticide residues in 715 samples of 116 kinds of foods distributed in Kitakyushu city. Sixty kinds of pesticides were detected in 55 kinds of foods (204 samples) in the range of 0.002-22 mg/kg. Five kinds of pesticides in 7 samples violated the residue standards and the indication of "unused". The detection ratios of unregulated pesticide in domestic and imported f...

Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is the most widely used biological control agent of tomato pests, particularly leafminer. Five treatments, spinetoram, chlorantraniliprole + abamectin, thiamethoxam, emamectin benzoate and dimethoate were tested on N. under greenhouse conditions in summer autumn 2018 Malatya Province, Turkey. After insecticide application, counted days 1, ...

The invasive polyphagous cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley has emerged as a serious sucking pest of cotton. laboratory and field bioassays seven selected insecticides belonging to five toxicant groups were evaluated against P. their most abundant natural predators, Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) Hyperaspis vinciguerrae Capra. Based on the toxicity index toxic group under conditions w...

McPhail traps loaded with various attractant solutions (ammonium sulphate, Entomela 75%, Entomela 50%, Dacus bait 100, sexual pheromone of olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae) combined also with registered plant protection products (lambda-cyhalothrin, alpha-cypermethrin as well as dimethoate) were tested for their attractiveness which was indicated as captures of flies in McPhail traps during thr...

The study was undertaken to determine the purity level of eleven selected pesticides collected from different locations Bangladesh. In this study, Gas Chromatography coupled with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Electron Captured (ECD) used acephate, diazinon, dimethoate, chlorpyrifos, quinalphos, malathion, fenitrothion cypermethrin, fenvalerate. High Performance Liquid (HPLC 20A Prominence...