The effects of anthropogenic chemical contaminants on aquatic organisms are largely influenced by underlying environmental conditions. This study evaluated how larval rearing temperature influences the impact of malathion on the fitness of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Larvae were exposed to water control, and low (0.03mg/L) or high (0.05mg/L) malathion dose at 20°C, 25°C and 30°C an...

Assays of malathion content and toxicity to boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Bohemian, were conducted on boll weevil bait sticks, now marketed as Boll Weevil Attract and Control Tubes (BWACTs; Plato Industries, Houston, TX). In general, the longer BWACTs were in the field, the lower the mortality of weevils that were exposed to them. Bioassays of weevil mortality correlated with hexane w...

Background: Studies have shown that organophosphorus pesticides such as malathion induces oxidative stress injury and tissue damage.  Objectives: This research aimed to determine the effects of the hydroalcoholic extracts of Satureja avromanica (SA) on the liver function of malathion-poisoned animals. Methods: Twenty-eight rats were divided into four groups of the control, SA (20 mg/kg), mala...

Malathion (see Figure 1) is an insecticide in the organophosphate chemical family. It is one of the oldest insecticides in that family, and has been used since 1950. Cheminova, Inc. is the major U.S. manufacturer of malathion.1 “Safe”1 is a term often used to describe malathion, as are phrases such as “with proper precautions, problems should be minimal.”2 However, recent research shows that ma...

The effects of 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 and 0.5 ppm concentrations of malathion, an organophosphorus insecticide, viewed over the course of the experiment, on adult emergence and sex ratios of emerging adults of the parasitic wasp, Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) were investigated. Diets which contain 0.001 and 0.01 ppm malathion significantly increased the total adult emergence on d...

Laboratory-bred females of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the insectarium, Unit of Medical Entomology, Institute for Medical Research were used in the experiment. The late third stage of the F0 larvae which survived the high selection pressure of malathion, permethrin and temephos were reared and colonies were established from adults that emerged. Cx. quinquefas...

Malathion in mixture with acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides synergizes the control of weed species that have evolved metabolism-based resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides. However, the effect of malathion-based herbicide programs on conventional and imidazolinone-resistant (Clearfield) rice systems still need to be evaluated. Studies were conducted to determine the tolerance ...

Malathion is an organophosphate pesticide commonly used on field crops, fruit trees, livestock, agriculture, and for mosquito and medfly control. Aerial applications can result in solubilized malathion in swimming pools and other recreational waters that may come into contact with human skin. To evaluate the human skin absorption of malathion for the assessment of risk associated with human exp...

Malathion in-vitro biodegradation study was conducted in liquid medium with five bacterial strains labeled S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 isolated from newly reclaimed agricultural soil. Malathion residues were measured at successive intervals until 30 days after incubation, paralleled with control samples. Malathion Recovery rate was performed at 0.1 and one mg kg, achieved values were 91.30 and 98.70%...

Objective(s): The aim of this study was to determine the protective role of ascorbic acid on apoptosis and proliferation of spermatogonia and primary spermatocyte cells after malathion administration as an organophosphate pesticide in rat testis.Materials and Methods: Thirty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups of 6 ra...