ALIESTERASE ACTIVITY AND REPRODUCTION IN MUSCA DOMESTICA: EFFECTS OF DDT AND METEPA
- 1 June 1969
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 12 (2) , 221-228
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1969.tb02517.x
Abstract
The chemosterilant metepa, administered orally and topically to adult M. domestica, was found to reduce aliesterase activity, to reduce the hatch of eggs, and when administered orally it also prolonged the pre‐ovipositional period. Orally administered DDT had little effect on aliesterase but did reduce egg viability. Selection of a strain of M. domestica with diazinon, in an attempt to increase its resistance to diazinon, had the unexpected result of the flies becoming more susceptible but concomitantly their level of aliesterase was significantly increased. The aliesterase level of the immature stages of M. domestica is reported.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: ALIESTERASE‐AKTIVITÄT UND REPRODUKTION BEI MUSCA DOMESTICA: WIRKUNGEN VON DDT UND METEPAEs wurde festgestellt, daß das Chemosterilisans Metepa bei oraler oder topischer Applikation bei erwachsenen Stubenfliegen die Aliesterase‐Aktivität herabsetzt, die Schlüpfrate der Eier vermindert und bei oraler Anwendung auch die Präovipositionszeit verlängert. Oral verabreichtes DDT hat wenig Einfluß auf die Aliesterase, setzt aber die Lebensfähigkeit der Eier herab. Die Selektion einer Linie von Musca domestica durch Diazinon mit dem Ziel, ihre Resistenz gegen Diazinon zu erhöhen, hatte das unerwartete Ergebnis, daß die Fliegen empfindlicher wurden, zugleich aber ihr Aliesterase‐Spiegel signifikant anstieg. Der Aliesterase‐Spiegel der nicht erwachsenen Stubenfliegen‐Stadien wird angegeben.Keywords
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