The Toxicity of Various Fumigants to the Cadelle, Tenebroides mauritanicus1
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 54 (3) , 451-454
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/54.3.451
Abstract
The toxicity of 13 fumigants to Tenebroides mauritanicus (L.) (Coleoptera: Ostomidae) has been determined and the results have been compared with data on Sitophilus granarius (L) and Tribolium confusum Jacquelin duVal. Most of the fumigants were less toxic to the cadelle than they were to the other species. Two of the fumigants, ethylene dibromide and ethylene chlorobromide, had a very pronounced delayed action on the caddie: phosphine, a fumigant which was very toxic to the cadelle failed to give complete kill on S. granarius even when the concentration was increased 3-fold above the LD90 level.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: