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Dipak Mandal, Paramita Bhowmik, Pronobesh Halder and M. L. Chatterjee

Determination of relative toxicity and base line data of dif-ferent insecticides against cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley)

...azophos 40 EC (369) > spinosad 45 SC (630) > endosulfan 75 EC (950) through treated food untreated insect method and chlorpyriphos 20 EC (113) > triazophos 40 EC (217) > dichlorvos 75 EC (237) > endosulfan 75 EC (253) > spinosad 45 SC (937) through treated food and treated insect method.

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Management of rice insects by granular formulation of chlorantraniliprole along with foliar sprays of some new molecules

¹Sitesh Chatterjee, ¹Chirasree Gangopadhyay and ²Santosh Kumar Roy

...doxacarb, flubendiamide, spinosad and chlorantraniliprole to test their efficacy against different rice insect-pests. The study found that whorl maggot can be managed properly in seedbed application with chlorantraniliprole granule 0.4% WW/SR in seven days prior to seedling uprooting along with spraying of indoxacarb 14.5 SC /chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC /flubendiamide 48% SC in the main-field. The leaf folder was also managed properly by application of chlora...

Detection of Insecticide Residues in Honey of Apis dorsata F. from Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Aslam Farooqi^1,*, Mansoor-ul-Hasan², Sohail Akhtar¹, Muhammad Arshad², Muhammad Naveed Aslam³and Muhammad Rafay⁴

... profenofos, endosulfan, spinosad and deltamethrin) in multi-floral raw honey of Apis dorsata F. collected from the cotton belt area of Punjab, Pakistan. The residues of these insecticides were extracted using ethyl acetate. Honey samples were spiked at 0.1 and 0.01 mg/kg. The mean recoveries of these insecticides in the spiked samples were 74-92% with relative standard deviation less than 20%. The residues of imidacloprid, endosulfan and deltamethrin w...

Assessment of Binary Mixtures of Entomopathogenic Fungi and Chemical Insecticides on Biological Parameters of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) under Laboratory and Field Conditions

Rana Fartab Shoukat¹, Shoaib Freed^1,*, Kanwar Waqas Ahmad¹ and Ateeq-ur-Rehman²

...midacloprid, triazophos, spinosad, pyriproxyfen and nitrinpyrum, as larvicides against C. pipiens. Highest larval percent mortality (73.3 ± 4.7) was observed after application of Ma-11.1(LC₄₀) + nitenpyram (LC₄₀) mixtures under laboratory and field conditions (71.5 ± 7.4). The results showed a significant effect of binary treatments of fungi and chemical insecticides on biological parameters of C. pipiens and i...

Monitoring Susceptibility to Spinosad in Three Major Stored-Product Insect Species from Punjab, Pakistan

Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan^1,*, Waseem Akram², Sumi Lee³, Shakir Manzoor¹, Syed Rajab Ayub¹, Khalil Ur Rehman¹, Shinawar Waseem Ali¹, Muhammad Bilal Chattha¹ and Sumaira Maqsood¹

...ion in susceptibility to spinosad in stored grain insect pests has been reported worldwide; however, there is a lack of information in Pakistan. In the present study, one laboratory reference strain and five field strains each of, Rhyzopertha dominica, Sitophilus oryzae and Tribolium castaneum, were collected from Punjab, and assessed for their susceptibility to spinosad via diet incorporation bioassays....

Effect of Temperature on the Toxicity of Biorational Insecticides against Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus) in Stored Wheat

Gulnaz Malik¹, Abdul Qadir¹ and Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan^2,*

...nsecticides viz., spinosad, emamectin benzoate, lufenuron and thiamethoxam. For this purpose, toxicities of insecticides were tested at three different temperatures 20°C, 25°C and 30°C, on whole wheat grains which was artificially infested with S. oryzae under laboratory conditions. The toxicities of spinosad, emamectin benzoate, lufenuron and thiamethoxam increased 2.65, 1.59, 1.64 and 3.00 ...

In Situ Evaluation of Different Refractive Color Sheets and Reduced-Risk Insecticide Formulation Against Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Abdul Basit¹, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed^1,4*, Sohail Ahmed², Gohar Ali² and Muhammad Javaid³

...ecticide formulations of spinosad. Refractive sheets of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, black and white were installed in M. charantia beds at three different angles (30º, 60º and 90º). Results revealed that control treatment exhibited significantly higher fruit fly infestation (60%) with minimum marketable fruit yield (374g/bed) than all other treatments. Among treatments, yellow colored refractive sheet treatments exhibited maximum fruit fly...

Enhanced Activities of Metabolic Enzymes Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst)

Muhammad Asam Riaz¹, Javeria Choudhary¹, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed^1*, Muhammad Afzal¹, Sohail Ahmed² and Muhammad Sajjad Khalil¹

... biological insecticide, spinosad, were performed on these strains of T. castaneum. Toxicological studies demonstrated that Fsd-, Jh- and Swl- strains exhibited higher tolerance ratio of 26.5-fold, 21-fold and 18.6-fold respectively relative to Sgd-strain against deltamethrin, whereas, these strains did not have significantly higher tolerance ratio against permethrin and spinosad except Fsd-strain with 9.5-fold tolerance rat...

Regulatory Efficacy of Novel Insecticides Against Major Pests of Vegetables in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Latif², Muneer Abbas^1*, Faisal Hafeez² and Dilbar Hussain²

... viz. spinetoram 120 SC, spinosad 240 SC, bifenthrin 10 EC, cypermethrin 10 EC, chlorantraniliprol 20 SC and flubendiamide 480 SC were applied on brinjal and okra against these pests with five replications. Data was recorded after 24 hrs. 72 hrs. 7 and 10 days after spray application. Results indicated that all the insecticides gave significant control of both pests up to 72 hrs. of spray application. After this pest population was started to increase. In L. o...

Comparative Toxicity of Selected New-chemistry Insecticides against Subterranean Termites Odontotermes obesus Ramb. (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Muhammad Shahzad Akbar, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed* and Muhammad Afzal

...etramat, pymetrozine and spinosad were least effective against O. obesus termites. Conclusively, based on the results of this study, chlorantraniliprole, chlorfenapyr, pyriproxyfen, triflumuron and indoxacarb are recommended to be incorporated in future integrated pest management programs against subterranean termites.

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Efficacy of Mixture of Pesticides on the Mortality and Energy Reserves of a Stored Grain Pest Trogoderma granarium Everts

Tanzeela Riaz¹, Farah Rauf Shakoori^2,*, Hareem Mansoor¹, Sana Khan¹ and Mushtaq A. Saleem¹

...emamectin, abamectin and spinosad alone and in various conbinations such as abamectin:emamectin (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 1:2 and 1:3) and abamectin:spinosad (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 1:2 and 1:3) against two larval instars (4^th and 6^th) of MBDIN and Lahore populations of T. granarium. The LC₅₀ of abamectin, emamectin and spinosad for 4^th larval instars of La...

Sub-lethal Dose Reponses of Native Polyhydroviruses and Spinosad for Economical and Sustainable Management of Spodoptera litura in Pakistan

Jam Nazeer Ahmad^1,2*, Rashid Mushtaq¹, Samina Jam Nazeer Ahmad^1,2*Mubasher Ahmad Malik¹, Mujahid Manzoor¹, Muhammad Tahir², Zubair Aslam⁴, Sumaira Maqsood⁵, Ishita Ahuja³ and Atle M. Bones³

Biological Degradation of some Synthetic and Bio-Pesticides Sprayed on Cauliflower Crop

Muhammad Faheem Akbar^1,*, Muhammad Abdul Haq², Imtiaz Ahmad¹, Vasileva Viliana³and Amjad Sultan¹

...d as convectional, while spinosad and biosal (neem compound) as bio pesticides, and were sprayed at the rates of 49.4, 642.2, 988, 35.5 and 158 g a.i. ha^-1 respectively. The pesticide residues were analyzed after 0, 1, 3 and 7 days of application in the leaves and cauliflower curd using high performance liquid chromatography. First order degradation kinetics was fitted on this data and degradation rate constants and half-life were calculated. Conven...

Susceptibility of Ceratitis capitata Field and Laboratory Strains to Malathion and Spinosad in Tunisia

Meriem Msaad Guerfali^1,*, Heitham Hamden¹, Salma Fadhl¹, Wafa Djobbi¹, Lotfi Sillini¹, Wafa Marzouki¹ and Mohammed Ammar²

...oduce the application of spinosad that was also reported to cause resistance under extensive use. The aim of this work was to monitor the susceptibility to malathion after prolonged use in wild caught tunisian Ceratitis as well as to spinosad after a survey carried out with farmers and to give precise informations about treatment ma...

Cost Benefit Analysis of Integration of Biocontrol Agents with Insecticides and Plant Extracts for the Management of Thrips tabaci Lin. in Bt Cotton Ecosystem

Sohail Ahmed^1,*, Muhammad Waseem Saleem¹, Abid Ali¹, Muhammad Shahid Nisar², Rashad Rasool Khan¹and Abdul Rashid³

...el Extract (NSKE) 5% and spinosad 240 SL (Tracer) were integrated in all possible combinations, thus, making a total of 15 treatments including separate application of each above and a control where none was applied except water only. Results showed significant difference amongst treatments (p <0.05). Application of spinosad alone and in combination with other control methods proved to be the most effective treatme...

Muhammad Yasir*, Mansoor ul Hasan, Muhammad Sagheer, Amer Rasul, Rameesha Amjad Ali and Habib ur Rehman

Evaluation of Spinosad Applied to Grain Commodities for the Control of Stored Product Insect Pests

...The residual efficacy of spinosad was assessed by exposing the Oryzeaphilus surinamensis, Tribolium castaneum and Trogoderma granarium to the treated commodities (wheat, maize, rice and oats) at concentrations of 0.25, 0.50 and 1 mg Kg-1 under laboratory conditions maintained at 28 ± 2oC, 65 ± 5% RH and continuous darkness. Seven bioassays were conducted by releasing the insects on treated commodities after different post treatment periods (0,1, ...

Effect of Different Management Strategies on Melon Fruit Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), Infestation in Cucurbit Vegetables

Muhammad Ibrahim Kubar¹, Fahad Nazir Khoso¹*, Imran Khatri¹, Niaz Hussain Khuhro² and Arfan Ahmed Gilal¹

Population Dynamics of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Citrus and Mango Orchards of Multan, Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Qazi Muhammad Noman¹, Farhan Mahmood Shah¹, Khalid Mahmood²and Muhammad Razaq¹*

...nt>^® (spinosad 2% and methyl eugenol 51%, target group) in mango and citrus orchards at different locations in Multan, Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) was the most abundant fruit fly species in this study. Our results indicated a positive and significant correlation between the species of fruit flies and mean temperature in mango and citrus orchards at all locations. In mango orchards, peak population of fruit ...

Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Differential Chemistry and Botanical Insecticides against Hadda Beetle Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Muhammad Usman Hanif, Abu Bakar Muhammad Raza, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed*, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Irfan Ullah

...amectin benzoate 1.9 EC, spinosad 240 EC and lufenuron 50 EC) and the aqueous extracts of three local plant species (i.e. Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn., Citrus limon L. and Azadirachta indica A. Juss) against the grubs and adults of E. vigintioctopunctata. Three concentrations of each synthetic insecticide (i.e. 2.5, 2 and 1.5%) and botanical extract (i.e. 10, 7.5 and 5%) were bioassayed using standard leaf-dip method. Results revealed that

Comparative Evaluation of Four Agrochemicals against Cryptolestes ferrugineus and Tribolium castaneum along with Subsequent Infection Inhibition of Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus spp. in Stored Wheat

Tiyyabah Khan¹, Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan¹*, Muhammad Rizwan Khan¹, Muhammad Umer¹, Adnan Akhter¹ and Waseem Akram²

...iorational insecticides (spinosad, thiamethoxam, indoxacarb and imidacloprid) against Pakistani strains of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (rusty grain beetle) and Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle), and tested whether insects’ mortality could control fungal contamination in stored grains or not? Bioassays were performed on wheat grains artificially infested with C. ferrugineus or T. castaneum along with spores of Aspergillus flavus or A. parasiticus. The r...

Toxicity of Different Insecticides against Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti Larvae under Laboratory Conditions

Ghulam Murtaza^1,6*, Muhammad Irfan Fareed², Noshaba Munawar³, Muhammad Nadeem Khan⁴, Gul-E- Zahra⁵, Taskeen Ahmad⁶, Muhammad Daud⁶ and Taqi Raza⁶

...it can be concluded that spinosad was more toxic to kill A. aegypti larvae.

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Performance Evaluation of Different Insecticides against Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) on Jasminum sambac

Iftikhar Ahmad¹, Tahir Saeed¹, Umair Faheem²*, Qaisar Abbas², Muhammad Saleem Akhtar Khan³, Mussurrat Hussain², Tanveer Ahmad⁴, Gulzar Akhtar⁴, Asifa Hameed⁵, Muhammad Hasnain⁶ and Muhammad Jamil⁷

Spinetoram, a Selective Novel Insecticide Able to Check Key Lepidopteran Pests in Cabbage Ecosystem

Pratap A. Divekar^1,2*, Sampat K Patel², Guru Pirasanna Pandi G³, Manimurugan C^2,4, Vikas Singh² and Jagdish Singh¹

...emies. Thus, spinetoram, spinosad, emamectin benzoate, indoxacarb and chlorantraniliprole are recommended to manage DBM and CB on rotational basis in the cabbage ecosystem.

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Morphometric Measurements, Gonopod and Gonopores Appearances in Early Sexual Crablet Stage of Scylla paramamosain (Estampador, 1949)

Muhammad Nur Syafaat, Che Zulkifli Che-Ismail, Adnan Amin-Safwan, Mohamad N. Azra, Mohammad Syahnon, Ambok Bolong Abol-Munafi and Mhd Ikhwanuddin

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 57, Iss. 2, pp. 759-766
Preparation of High Selenized Gastrodia elata Blume Polysaccharide and its Immunomodulatory Effects on RAW264.7 Cells and Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice

Fengwei Ma, Qihua Wen, Qingfang Deng, Yihao Lu, Buyan Zhang, Yongyou Cheng and Su Xu

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 57, Iss. 2, pp. 747-758
Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in Liangzi Lake

Ke Li, Hai Liu, Jiangang Zhou, Hongbing Chen and Zhengxiang Wang

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 57, Iss. 2, pp. 737-745
Histopathological and Molecular Analyses of Leptospira borgpetersenii and Leptospira interrogans in Bovine Kidneys in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Intan Noor Aina Kamaruzaman, Siew Zee Ong, Iman Natasha Sofea Jafri, Dayangku Umi Aqilah Pengiran-Isa, Mohamad Sabri Abdul-Rahman, Mohd Farhan Hanif Reduan, Thilini Nisansala, Soon Heng Goh, Siti Nur Haslina Mamat, C.W. Salma C.W. Zalati, Sazaly AbuBakar and Shih Keng Loong

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 57, Iss. 2, pp. 727-736