Effect of Three Chemosterilants on the Pea Aphid Fed on an Artificial Diet1
- 31 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 59 (2) , 378-379
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/59.2.378
Abstract
Nymphs of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), were fed on a chemical diet containing apholate, tepa, or metepa, and progeny were counted after nymphs became adults and began reproducing. Apholate inhibited reproduction at dosages from 0.1-0.005%, but caused no mortality to feeding nymphs at any dosages from 0.1-0.001%. Tepa inhibited reproduction at dosages of 0.1-0.0025%, but caused some mortality to feeding nymphs at dosages higher than 0.025%. Metepa could not be clearly demonstrated as a chemosterilant because it was too toxic to feeding nymphs.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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