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Effect of Post-treatment Temperature on Insect Resistance to Insecticidal Sprays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Pradhan  and
P. V. Rangarao
S. Pradhan
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
P. V. Rangarao
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
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Summary

Results are given of investigations on the effects of five post-treatment temperatures on the mortality of adults of Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.) sprayed with five or six concentrations of each of six insecticidal formulations, emulsified solutions of DDT, γ BHC, toxaphene, chlordane and parathion and a suspension of DDT.

With both emulsified solutions and suspensions of DDT and emulsified solutions of γ BHC the mortality of the insects decreased with the rise of temperature from about 14° to 30°C. and increased when the temperature increased from 30° and 40°C. On the other hand, with emulsified solutions of toxaphene, chlordane and parathion, the mortality of the test insects increased continuously with increase of temperature from 14° to 40°C. As a possible explanation for such divergent results with different insecticides it is tentatively suggested that whilst the inherent physiological resistance of Tribolium to DDT and γ BHC formulations which appear to increase with increase of temperature up to a certain point has been demonstrated, the technique has not been sufficiently critical in the case of the other formulations, and it is thought that physiological resistance has possibly remained masked by other factors and that the values of LC50 are not a true index of physiological resistance in the ease of these insecticides.

An essential similarity between the curve obtained by plotting values of LC50 against temperature in the case of DDT and γ BHC and those relating temperature to other physiological activities (published by various workers) has been stressed, implying a similarity between the resistance of the insect to insecticides on the one hand and its other physiological activities on the other.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1957 , pp. 261 - 274
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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