Toxicity of DDT in Acetone and in Oil to Adult House Flies1
- 1 February 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 50 (1) , 105
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/50.1.105
Abstract
At the 50% mortality level at 25.5[degree] C, topically applied DDT was 4.2 times as toxic to adult normal houseflies when dissolved in acetone as in petroleum oil. The dosage-response curves were not parallel. On resistant flies, 0.8 ug was more toxic in oil than in acetone. More DDT was absorbed from acetone solution than from oil. Difference in absorption seems insufficient to explain difference in mortality.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: