The Efficacy and Residual Toxicity of certain Granular Insecticides against Mustard Aphid,Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt)

Abstract

The systemic activity of four granular insecticides (phorate 10%, Temik 10%, diazinon 5% and Sevidol [8% carbaryl + 8% gamma-BHC]) was evaluated for the control of mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt). The granules were applied in the soil to one month old mustard plants transplanted in pots. 3rd and 4th instar nymphs were used for the trial. Mortality counts were made 24 hours after release. Of the insecticides tested, phorate and Temik at 1 lb a.i./ac proved most effective. Temik had a quick knockdown effect as compared to phorate, as it gave 100% control within 24 hours, while with phorate 100% kill was obtained only after 72 hours. Diazinon at 4 lb a.i./ac gave 83.3% kill after 72 hours. Sevidol proved ineffective as an aphidicide. Residual toxicity of three of the granular insecticides, namely phorate, Temik and diazinon, was tested. Phorate and Temik at 1 lb a.i./ac exhibited the same residual toxicity up to 4 weeks, i.e. 100% and 76% kill obtained at the end of 2 and 4 weeks respectively. Although the toxicity of both pesticides gradually declined there was no significant difference in percentage kill over a period of 5 weeks. After 6 weeks, however, the mortality recorded with Temik was 37.1% and with phorate was 51.1%. The residual toxicity of phorate was further found to last up to 8 weeks, when the mortality obtained was 40%. The residual toxicity of diazinon sharply declined within 2 weeks.     

防治黏虫药剂对日本鹌鹑的急性毒性研究

黏虫Mythimna separata(Walker)在我国近几年多次暴发,为了寻找对环境生物安全的防治黏虫替代药剂,采用急性经口毒性试验方法测定了27种对黏虫有防治效果的杀虫剂对日本鹌鹑Coturnix japonica的7d半致死剂量(LD50)。结果表明,联苯菊酯等9种药剂对日本鹌鹑低毒,乙酰甲胺磷等7种为中毒,丙溴磷等10种为高毒,三唑磷为剧毒,高毒和剧毒品种占40%以上,对鸟类生态系统存在较大的潜在威胁。黏虫防治应优先选择拟除虫菊酯类、昆虫生长调节剂类等对鸟类毒性低的农药品种。     

锐劲特与马拉硫磷混用对麦穗鱼的影响研究

锐劲特fipronil(化学名(±)-5-氨基-1-(2,6-二氯-α,α,α-三氟-ρ-甲苯基-)-4-三氟甲基-亚硫酰基吡唑-3-碳化腈),是一广谱的新型杀虫剂,其作用靶标是γ-氨基丁酸调节的神经轴突氯离子通道。进入我国市场后能有效防治蔬菜、水稻害虫[1～3],具有较好的推广潜力。有关该农药对家蚕、鱼、天敌的毒性已有研究[1～5]。但该药与其他农药的相互作用,尚未见报道。本文研究了该农药与马拉硫磷混合使用时,对麦穗鱼的影响。1　材料与方法1.1　实验用鱼麦穗鱼(Pseudorasboraparva),体重0.39-1.09g,体长4.1-5.8cm,购自杭州花鸟市场,试验前在实验室驯养一…     

The concentration of pesticides in sediments from Kolleru Lake in India

Kolleru Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in India. Sediment samples were collected at different locations from Kolleru Lake at different seasons in a year over a period of three years and analyzed for eight selected pesticides. In general, pesticides were present at all locations. The selected pesticides alpha-BHC, gamma-BHC, malathion, chlorpyrifos and endosulfan were present at higher concentrations than isodrin, dieldrin and p,p'-DDT. The concentrations of alpha-BHC, gamma-BHC malathion, chlorpyrifos, isodrin, endosulfan, dieldrin and p,p'-DDT in sediments were 1.2-388, 1.4-212, from below the minimum detection limit (BDL)-186, 1.1-292, BDL-38.6, BDL-206, BDL-128 and BDL-191 micrograms kg-1 dry weight, respectively. The aim of this study is to evaluate baseline data, to try to account for the concentration of pesticides in sediments and to discuss their potential to affect human beings and aquatic organisms.     

Control of Aphis fabae on broad beans (Vicia faba) by the systemic action of gamma-bhc,thionazin and aldicarb

The in-row application of aldicarb granules at 2 lb active ingredient (a.i.)/acre (2·24 kg/ha) at sowing gave complete control of Aphis fabae Scop. on broad beans (Vicia faba L. cv. Seville) up to 7 days before harvest and resulted in a three-fold increase in yield compared with a similar thionazin treatment. Bean plants grown from seeds which were soaked in a gamma-BHC solution at 20 ppm for 24 h prior to planting were protected from this aphid for most of the growing season almost as effectively as with the thionazin treatment. A thin-layer chromatography method was developed for the determination in plants and soil of aldicarb and its two major toxic metabolites, the sulphoxide and sulphone. Gas-liquid chromatography was used to monitor the declining levels of gamma-BHC and thionazin, and simultaneous bioassays were made with Aphis fabae on excised leaf discs from the crop. Analysis of the bean seeds and pods at harvest 90 days after sowing indicated no detectable gamma-BHC, less than 0·01 ppm of thionazin and approximately 0·09 ppm total residue of aldicarb sulphone and sulphoxide. Approximately 22% and 13% of the applied aldicarb, in the form of sulphone and sulphoxide but not the parent compound, remained in the top 6 in (152 mm) of soil at the end of 2 and 4 months respectively. Toxicity studies with Aphis fabae, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, and Megoura viciae Buck showed an increasing sensitivity in that order to gamma-BHC at 1 ppm in bean plants. Acute toxicity investigations with feeding Aphis fabae indicated an increasing sensitivity in the order of gamma-BHC < aldicarb sulphone < aldicarb sulphoxide < thionazin < aldicarb. Despite the high acute toxicity of thionazin to Aphis fabae it gave low protection against aphids, possibly owing to its relatively short persistence in both plants and soil when compared with aldicarb.     

草坪常用化学药剂对昆虫病原线虫存活和侵染率的影响

测定了草坪上常用的14种化学药剂对蝼蛄斯氏线、长尾斯氏线虫X-7品系和小卷蛾斯氏线虫All品系存活和侵染率的影响。杀虫剂乙酰甲胺磷在高浓度和推荐浓度下对蝼蛄斯氏线虫、长尾斯氏线虫和小卷蛾斯氏线虫的致死率分别为21％和9．5％，13％和5．5％，5．5％和2％；敌百虫在高浓度和推荐浓度下对蝼蛄斯氏线虫的致死率分别高达94．5％和92．5％，在高浓度下对长尾斯氏线虫的致死率为8％，对小卷蛾斯氏线虫没有明显致死作用；克蛾宝对3种线虫的致死作用均比乙酰甲胺磷和敌百虫低。杀菌剂对3种线虫的存活均无影响。除草剂2，4-D丁酯对3种线虫低浓度和高浓度下致死率分别为2％、6％、3．5％和5％、85．5％、6％。经化学药剂处理24h后的线虫侵染黄粉虫9-11龄幼虫，对线虫存活没有影响或者影响较小的化学药剂对线虫的侵染率都没有明显的影响，但剂型为10％可湿性粉剂的吡虫啉对长尾斯氏线虫，以及高浓度的2，4-D丁酯对小卷蛾斯氏线虫的侵染率有明显抑制作用。     

一些农药对温室白粉虱的毒力及其抗药性测定

用11种农药对温室自粉虱(Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westw.)进行了室内毒力测定。结果表明:拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂、灭螨猛对温室白粉虱各虫态毒力均高,并且随虫龄的增加,白粉虱的抗药性增强。稻丰散、乐果、氧化乐果对温室白粉虱若虫毒力尚可,但对其它虫态效果差。马拉硫磷、二嗪农、敌敌畏、洗衣粉除对一龄若虫有一定效果外,对其它虫态毒力极低。北京地区温室白粉虱对某些药剂已出现明显的抗药性。     

Effect of several insecticides on pomegranate aphid,Aphis punicae (Passerini) (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its predators under field conditions

The pomegranate aphid, Aphis punicae (Passerini) (Homoptera: Aphididae) is one of the most important pests in Egypt on pomegranate trees. The study presented in this paper was conducted from 2012 to 2013 to compare the efficiency and selectivity of neonicotinoids (acetamiprid, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and dinotefuran), organophosphate (malathion) and carbamate (pirimicarb) insecticides against pomegranate aphid and the associated predators, Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) and Syrphus corolla Fabricius. These insecticides significantly reduced the pomegranate aphid population by an average of between 70.6 and 90.7%. The effects persisted for up to 15 days after the end of treatment. The greatest control of A. punicae was achieved by thiamethoxam > acetamiprid > imidacloprid > pirimicarb > dinotefuran > malathion. Acetamiprid, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, malathion and pirimicarb were harmful to predators and the observed reduction ranged from 75.4 to 100% and dinotefuran was moderately harmful to lacewings with an average reduction about 64.4%. These results suggested that the neonicotinoid insecticides can be considered as promising candidates for controlling the pomegranate aphid as, although they do have harmful to moderately harmful effects on predators, they are significantly less toxic to these beneficial organisms than malathion and pirimicarb.     

噻虫胺等七种杀虫剂对黄曲条跳甲的毒力

采用浸叶法测定了噻虫胺、高效氯氟氰菊酯等7种药剂及其混用对黄曲条跳甲的毒力及增效作用。结果显示:7种药剂中噻虫胺对黄曲条跳甲的毒力最高,LC50值为315.1 mg/L,其毒力倍数是呋虫胺的3.23倍;其次为噻虫嗪和高效氯氟氰菊酯,LC50值分别为473.1和543.1 mg/L。噻虫胺与高效氯氟氰菊酯按5∶5、4∶6、3∶7、2∶8和1∶9的质量比混用,其LC50值分别是215.6、307.1、334.1、232.6和240.7 mg/L,均表现为增效作用,其中2∶8和1∶9混用的共毒系数分别达203.9和210.5,增效最显著;噻虫胺与丁烯氟虫腈按5∶5、4∶6、3∶7、2∶8和1∶9的比例混用,其LC50值分别为409.2、356.9、338.1、402.4和392.6 mg/L,除5∶5混用表现为相加作用外,其余配比均表现为增效作用,其中1∶9混用共毒系数为182.1,增效显著;噻虫胺与杀虫单按5∶5、4∶6、3∶7、2∶8和1∶9的比例混用,其LC50值分别为479.4、540.0、454.8、737.0和878.7 mg/L,其中3∶7混用的共毒系数为127.9,有明显的增效作用,其余配比均表现为相加作用。噻虫胺与高效氯氟氰菊酯、丁烯氟虫腈、杀虫单混用增效作用明显,可以作为防治黄曲条跳甲的高效药剂。     

Dual role of esterases in insecticide resistance in the green rice leafhopper

The role of esterases as related to insecticide resistance was studied in an organophosphorus (OP)-resistant strain of the green rice leafhopper. As judged by p-nitrophenyl acetate hydrolysis, 21, 5, and 74% of the esterase activity was located in nuclei/mitochondria, microsomes, and the soluble fraction, respectively. All the fractions were active in hydrolyzing malathion, paraoxon, and fenvalerate. Hydrolysis of malathion and fenvalerate increased with time while that of paraoxon reached a plateau within 15 min. Since a considerable amount of p-nitrophenol was detected in the paraoxon reaction at 0°C and at zero time, the formation of p-nitrophenol may be due to phosphorylation of the esterases rather than phosphorotriesterase action. The results suggest a dual role for esterases in resistance mechanisms; a catalyst for hydrolysis of malathion and fenvalerate, and a binding protein for the oxygen analogs of other OP insecticides, both of which would protect the intrinsic target, acetylcholinesterase, from inhibition. Chromatofocusing of the soluble fraction resolved five esterase peaks, I–V. These esterases were active toward the three general substrates as well as for the three insecticides tested, except for Peak I in which the overall activity was too low. Thin-layer agar gel electrophoresis showed that the chromatofocusing peaks I–V corresponded to the electrophoretic bands E₁–E₅, some of which were previously shown to be associated with OP resistance. The dual role of these esterases may explain the cross-resistance between malathion and other OP insecticides as well as synergism between OP and carbamate insecticides.     

几种杀虫剂对黄曲条跳甲的防治效果

试验结果表明:5%氟虫腈悬浮剂(锐劲特)、48%毒死蜱乳油、2.5%溴氰菊酯乳油、20%敌·氯乳油、45%马拉硫磷乳油,对黄曲条跳甲有较好的防治效果和增产作用,明显好于对照药剂80%敌敌畏乳油,可供生产上推广应用。     

Organophosphorus insecticides affect normal polyamine metabolism in amphibian embryogenesis

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the concentration- and time-dependent effects of the organophosphorus insecticides malathion and azinphos-methyl on polyamine metabolism, and relate them to normal and altered embryonic development of the common toad Rhinella arenarum. Control embryos showed that the higher polyamines spermidine and spermine acquired importance with respect to the diamine putrescine as embryonic development progressed. The activity of ornithine decarboxylase significantly decreased in complete operculum embryos. Continuous exposure to malathion caused a decrease in polyamine levels during embryonic development. However, there was an increase in putrescine levels in complete operculum embryos exposed to a sublethal concentration of the insecticide. Embryos exposed to malathion displayed a decrease in fresh weight and size, along with an increase in the number of malformed individuals. R. arenarum embryos exposed to a lethal concentration of azinphos-methyl showed an increase in putrescine levels and a decrease in spermidine and spermine levels, accompanied by an increase in ornithine decarboxylase activity. In conclusion, as the embryonic development of the toad R. arenarum progresses, polyamine metabolism shifts to higher polyamine levels with a more preponderant contribution of spermidine and spermine with respect to putrescine and involves a dramatic change in ornithine decarboxylase activity, one of the key regulatory enzymes of the pathway. Organophosphorus insecticides are capable of altering polyamine metabolism, slowing embryo development in parallel with a reduction in spermidine and spermine levels. An increase in the oxidative degradation of polyamines might be involved in the toxic action of organophosphorus insecticides and might also be related to other effects such as teratogenesis.     

Insecticidal control of hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor say: Dipt., Cecidomyiidae) on wheat and barley in cyprus

Hessian fly was controlled to a maximum of 95% with organophosphate insecticides, in terms of the number of puparia and percentage tiller infestation at harvest. Granules: phorate at 1.68 kg/ha (1 1/2 lb/acre) as 10% granules in the seed furrow was most effective on durum wheat in 1967–8, with 69–92%, control, of tillers infested. 1.12 kg/ha gave 74–89% control, 0.56 kg/ha in the seed furrow 35–54%. Seed furrow treatment was more effective than band or broadcast treatment over young plants, although granules broadcast over young barley at 1.68 kg/ha of phorate gave 74% control in 1967–8. Fonofos (Dyfonate) granules at 1.55 kg fonofos/ha were most effective on barley in 1968–9, with 66% control. After fonofos and phorate, disulfoton at 1.68 kg disulfoton/ha was next in effect, with up to 86%, control in 1967-8 and 24% in 1968–9, but variable and not much more effective than at 0.56 kg/ha. Other insecticides were less effective. Seed dressings: disulfoton was the most effective, giving 79% control in 1967-8 on wheat and 77% on barley at a high rate of application that was phytotoxic in 1968–9. Diazinon, bromophos and ethion gave 15–38%, control and chlorfenvinphos and dimethoate less. Carbaryl dust at 1.12 kg carbaryl/ha gave 32% control. Yields were poor, but grain yield was increased by up to 33% in wheat in 1967-8, averaging about 15%. Barley yield was increased by 7% in 1967–8, and from 9–23% in 1968-9 by fonofos and phorate granules. Insect control reduced the number of tillers, increased the number of heads and increased the grain weight per head. In observation plots, chlormequat (CCC) spray alone at the 5-leaf stage reduced infestation of wheat by between 22% and 43%, but CCC with fertilizer, and fertilizer alone had no conclusive effect. High fly populations are partly due to leaving crop residues in the field at harvest. When these can be ploughed in, infestation should decrease. The use of insecticides may not be economic unless more consistent increases in yield can be obtained.     

Present status and countermeasures of insecticide resistance in agricultural pests in China

Of the 23 species of agricultural pest known to resist insecticides in China, 4 are cotton pests, 4 rice pests and 5 are pests of brassicae. In the green rice leafhopper, malathion resistance is caused by increased carboxylesterase (CarE) activity, which plays a more important role in the resistance to dimethoate than the mixed-function oxidases (mfos). The in-vitro and in-vivo results are in agreement with studies of synergism of malathion and dimethoate by TPP and EBP. These synergists delay the development of resistance, and EBP when added to malathion has limited the development of resistance to malathion in the green rice leafhopper. In the cotton aphid, resistance to organophosphates involves several factors: acetylcholinesterase (AChE) insensitivity, high CarE activity, slight (× 2) increase in glutathione S-transferases (GSH-ases), mfo activity as well as reduced penetration. In vitro, the I₅₀ of the insensitive AChE is × 14 that of S aphids, and anaphthyl-acetate CarE hydrolysing activity is 70 times greater in R than in S aphids. Insecticide mixtures, alternation or rotation can delay build-up of resistance; resistance to malathion and trichlorfon was delayed in Culex pipiens pallens when the two insecticides were used together. Used singly each insecticide selected for high resistance within 25 generations. Mosaic rotation of dimethoate and fenvalerate delayed the onset of insecticide resistance in Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae.     

Note: Toxicity of some insecticides onBracon hebetor under laboratory conditions

Insecticides which were environmentally friendly and the least toxic, were screened against a laboratory strain ofBracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for their suitability for release in IPM of cotton. Concentrations ranging from 1 to 1000 ppm of the formulated insecticides in acetone were applied in glass vials and also by a leaf method, whereby cotton leaves were dipped in aqueous solutions of the same concentrations of insecticides. Adult parasitoids were exposed in both methods. According to the LC₅₀ at 24 h exposure, Λ-cyhalothrin and spinosad were the most (7 and 5 ppm) and least (263 and 225 ppm) toxic in the vial and the leaf method, respectively, toB. hebetor. The possible use of the parasitoid for IPM of cotton is discussed. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting July 20, 2006.     

山东省绿盲蝽田间种群对六种杀虫剂的敏感性监测

为了解山东地区绿盲蝽对常用杀虫剂的敏感性变化情况,于2010—2012年采用玻璃管药膜法监测山东聊城、菏泽、滨州、德州地区绿盲蝽田间种群对马拉硫磷、毒死蜱、灭多威、丁硫克百威、联苯菊酯和氟虫腈等6种杀虫剂的敏感性。结果显示,相对于2009年的监测数据,2010—2012 年各地绿盲蝽种群对不同杀虫剂表现出不同程度的敏感性变化,但相对毒力比值均小于10倍。其中对毒死蜱、联苯菊酯的敏感性均未降低,菏泽种群表现为敏感性增强,相对毒力比值小于1。2011—2012年德州种群对丁硫克百威、灭多威和氟虫腈的敏感性降低,相对毒力比值大于3倍,其它种群敏感性变化不大,相对毒力比值均小于3倍。3年间菏泽种群对马拉硫磷的敏感性变化不大,相对毒力比值小于3倍,其它种群敏感性均有所降低。因此,毒死蜱、马拉硫磷、联苯菊酯、丁硫克百威等仍是山东棉区防治绿盲蝽的有效药剂。     

Effects of mode of testing on susceptibility to various insecticides of adults or larvae of Lucilia sericata,Chrysomya putoria and Musca domestica L

Relative potency of eight compounds (four pairs of similar types) to adults and old larvae of three species of cyclorhaphous diptera was determined by injection, oral or topical application. The following points emerged from comparisons of equitoxic doses: (a) C. putoria was consistently more susceptible than L. sericata. M. domestica was more susceptible to organochlorines than either of the blowflies, but less susceptible to organophosphorus, carbamate or pyrethroid insecticides; (b) the most potent insecticides (bioresmethrin, diazinon) were about equally toxic to adults and larvae of all species; but some compounds (especially DDT, gamma-BHC and propoxur) were relatively much less effective against larvae; (c) LD₅₀ values for oral treatments were higher than by injection, and those for contact treatments higher still. These “penetration factors” were highly correlated within each of the stages. This could be due to similarity in the cuticular barrier and (or) detoxication; (d) experiments with various synergistic compounds showed higher synergistic factors for larvae than adults (with DDT, bioresmethrin and propoxur). This probably indicates a more efficient detoxication system in the larvae, which is consistent with findings (b) and (c).     

Development of insecticide resistance and cross-resistance in fenvalerate-, and cypermethrin-selected strains of Earias vittella(fab.)

First-instar Earias vittella (Fab.) larvae were selected with fenvalerate and cypermethrin for 15 successive generations in the laboratory at 28(± 1)°C. The insect developed 7.8-fold resistance to fenvalerate and no resistance to cypermethrin. The fenvalerate-selected strain developed 2800-fold and 1200-fold cross-resistance to endosulfan and carbaryl, respectively. This strain, however, did not manifest cross-resistance to the organophosphorus insecticides, quinalphos, fenitrothion, monocrotophos and malathion, or to the synthetic pyrethroid, cypermethrin. The cypermethrin-selected strain acquired 5-, 4-, and 3-fold cross-resistance to endosulfan, fenvalerate and carbaryl, respectively and no cross-resistance to the above organophosphorus insecticides.     

防治棉铃虫的药剂田间筛选试验研究初报

１９９１年通过对１５种农药、４３个处理防治棉铃虫第二代自然发生群体的田间药效试验表明：在当代始落卵孵化初期１次施药，效果较好的有爱力螨克和抑太保；卡死克和硫丹用较大剂量也有较好的效果；而Ｂｔ可湿性粉剂单独使用效果较差；在低龄幼虫期施药，以拉维因和多虫清的效果最好，其次为万灵，均能达到减虫、保蕾目的；马氰菊酯较低稀倍数下防治效果亦较明显；而好年冬和多来宝减虫效果较低，蕾铃受害较重；氰戊菊酯或敌杀死与     

The effect of impurities on the toxicokinetics of malathion in rats

The effect of the malathion impurities, isomalathion of O,S,S-trimethyl phosphorodithioate (OSS-Me), on the toxicokinetic behavior of [methoxy-¹⁴C]malathion in female rats was investigated. Malathion α- and β-monoacids and the diacid were the predominant metabolites in the blood of rats pretreated orally with corn oil followed 4 hr later with radiolabeled malathion. Pretreatment of rats with isomalathion or OSS-Me in corn oil followed by treatment with malathion resulted in a decrease of total radioactive metabolites in the blood. Moreover, a substantial reduction in the level of malathion β-monoacid and malathion diacid was observed in the blood of impurity pretreated animals. These results indicate that the impurities have a stronger effect in inhibiting carboxylesterases which preferentially hydrolyze the β-carboethoxy moiety of malathion. The major malathion metabolites excreted in the urine of pretreated and control rats generally matched those present in the blood. The potentiation of the acute toxicity of malathion by pretreatment with isomalathion or OSS-Me may be explained by the reduction in the rat's capacity to degrade malathion via carboxylesterase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the β-carboethoxy moiety.