EFFECTS OF INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM (CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS) (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE): I. LETHAL EFFECTS OF LAST INSTAR TREATMENTS
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 111 (12) , 1361-1368
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1111361-12
Abstract
Dosage–response relationships of seven insect growth regulators (IGRs) to last instar western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman, were determined by topical application, spray application, and diet incorporation bioassays. Mortality was defined as failure to emerge as a viable adult. In spray application experiments, four IGRs—ZR-512, ZR-619, ZR-1662, and Ro 10-3108—had LD50s of less than 70 g/ha (1 oz/acre). Relative lethal effectiveness, based on a simple model combining data from the three bioassays, was ZR-1662 > ZR-619 > ZR-512 > Ro 10-3108 > ZR-777 > ZR-587 > ZR-515. We concluded that several IGRs, applied to a population consisting primarily of last instars, would induce lethal effects at dosages comparable to dosages of several conventional insecticides.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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