Effects of Some Organic Compounds and Mineral Oil on Corn Ear worm Eggs
- 1 December 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 44 (6) , 1018
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/44.6.1018
Abstract
Emulsions containing ethyl alpha, beta-dibromopropionate, cyclohexanepropionic acid, and cyclopentanepropionic acid killed 25-47% of the eggs of Heliothis armigera. whereas those containing 3 other compounds and xylene alone showed very little toxicity. Addition of mineral oil to the emulsions markedly increased egg mortality, with kills of 57-95%. An emulsion of xylene plus mineral oil gave results equal to or better than any of the other emulsions. The oil itself was a better ovicide than any of the organic compounds.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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