the leaf-miner fly, liriomyza sativae (blanchard), is one of the major insect pests of vegetable crops in iran and other countries. to determine the toxicity (lc50) of bioinsecticides abamectin 1.8% ec, cyromazine 75% wp and spinosad 24% sc against l. sativae, bioassay was done on its larval and adult stages under 25 â± 1â°c, 65 â± 5% r.h. and a photoperiod of 16: 8 (l: d). the lc50 values foun...

while the «classical insecticides» (ddt: dieldrin, malathion, etc.) mainly affect the adult stage of insects, dimilin belongs to a new group of insecticidal compounds that kills the insect in its larval stages, but has no lethal affect on the adult insect. its empirical formula is c14h9h2~f2cl. diflubenzuron is proposed as common name for the trade name dimilin. studies were made on c. pipiens,...

We evaluated the potential for competition between the exotic ichneumonid parasitoid Pimpla disparis Vierick and the native ichneumonid Itoplectis conquisitor Say, in the form of multiparasitism and destructive host feeding, by examining how previous oviposition experience influenced host selection. Both species commonly attack the host species, bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) ...

An association between female remating behavior, oogenesis and oviposition was examined in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila pseudoobscura to investigate mechanisms that elicit remating. Females receptive to remating oviposited more eggs in both species; however, the species differed in the association between remating behavior and the number and distribution of oocyte stages. We found no ...

In an experimental laboratory investigation on an estuarine crab, Chasmagnathus granulata Dana, we investigated how salinities experienced during embryonic and larval development (embryonic and larval salinity exposures, respectively) and intraspecific variability of initial biomass at egg laying and hatching affected larval performance. The latter was measured in terms of survival rate, durati...

HERE are relatively few publications regarding radiation-induced recessive Tmutations in female germ cells, although there are numerous papers on mutagenesis in male geqm cells which provide an insight into mechanisms of radiation-induced mutational damage to biological systems. In the female of Bombyx mori, TAZIMA (1964) reviewed his data on the changes in sensitivity of the g e m cells to rad...

the feeding habit and developmental stages of cunaxa setriostris (hermann) on most injurious mite, tetranychus ludeni zacher was investigated in varanasi region, uttar pradesh, india. the female of c. setirostris as a dominant species of cunaxid mite completed its life cycle on t. ludeni within 27.5 ± 13.55 days having one larval followed by three nymphal stages. whereas, the male sex of the sa...

The protective capacity of the crude extracts from larval and nymphal stages of Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum was examined in the New Zealand white rabbits. The rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups of five animals. The rabbits in groups 1 and 2 were immunized with crude extracts of larval and nymphal antigens, respectively and group 3 was served as control. Following challenge of each r...

We compare the efficiencies of different stages of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) preying on Aphis fabae (Scolpoli) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by estimating the functional responses of all stages. The experiments were carried out on leaf disks in petri dishes with 15-20 replicates. Our results revealed that all larval instars and adult males and females of H. variegata exhibited t...