Selection of the Large Milkweed Bug Through Seventeen Generations for Survival to Sublethal Concentrations of DDT and Toxaphene
- 30 September 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 46 (5) , 888-890
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/46.5.888
Abstract
Strains of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, were selected through 17 generations in the laboratory for survival to treatments with DDT and Toxaphene which gave 50% kill or higher. The procedure employed in making the treatments is descr. In the 17th generation, 3.7 times as much DDT was required to kill 50% of the DDT-selected adults, and 1.8 times as much Toxaphene was required to give 50% kill of Toxaphene-selected adults, as compared to adults in the unselected strain. No significant differences were found in nos. of eggs produced between selected and unselected strains.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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