Ahsorption and Metabolism of C14-Labeled DDT by DDT-Susceptible and DDT-Resistant Pink Bollworm Adults1
- 1 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 56 (5) , 641-643
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/56.5.641
Abstract
A Torreon, Mexico strain of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)) adults was found to be 6 times more resistant to DDT at the LD50 level and 13 times more resistant at the LD90 level than moths form EL Paso, Texas. During the first 24 hours after treatment, absorption of DDT was slightly more rapid by moths of the EI Paso strain. Dehydrochlorination of absorbed DDE occurred in adults from both strains, but the detoxification was much more extensive in individuals from the Mexican strainThis publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Incidence of Pink Bollworm Resistance to DDT1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1961
- A Wheat Germ Medium for Rearing the Pink Bollworm1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1960