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The mode of action of insecticidal controlled atmospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

E. Mitcham ,
T. Martin  and
S. Zhou
E. Mitcham*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, Mail Stop 2, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA
T. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, Mail Stop 2, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA
S. Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, Mail Stop 2, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA
*
*Fax: +530 752 8502 E-mail: ejmitcham@ucdavis.edu
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Abstract

Arthropods cope with reduced oxygen and elevated carbon dioxide atmospheres with a reduction in metabolic rate, also called metabolic arrest. The reduction in metabolism lessens the pressure on the organism to initiate anaerobic metabolism, but also leads to a reduction in ATP production. The natural permeability of cellular membranes appears to be important for the survival of the arthropod under low oxygen or high carbon dioxide atmospheres. Despite the similarities in response, arthropod mortality is generally greater in response to high carbon dioxide as apposed to low oxygen atmospheres. There appears to be a greater decrease in ATP and energy charge in arthropods exposed to high carbon dioxide as compared with low oxygen atmospheres, and this may be due to greater membrane permeability under carbon dioxide leading to an inefficient production of ATP. Reduced oxygen and elevated carbon dioxide atmospheres can have an additive effect in some cases, depending on the concentrations used. The effect of these atmospheres on arthropods depends also on temperature, species and life stage. Additional work is needed to fully understand the mode of action of controlled atmospheres on arthropod pests.

Keywords

carbon dioxidedisinfestationinsectoxygentemperature
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Review Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 96 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 213 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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