Note on the Effects of Temperature and Piperonyl Butoxide on the Toxicity of Carbaryl to Adult Grasshoppers
- 1 August 1965
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 97 (8) , 827-829
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent97827-8
Abstract
Tests on adults of the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus bilituratus (Wlk.), showed carbaryl (1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate) to have a very marked negative temperature coefficient of toxicity. This was believed to be due to a rapid increase in the rate of detoxification at higher temperatures. The marked synergistic effect of piperonyl butoxide, believed to act by blocking the detoxification process, appeared to confirm this.Keywords
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