Tribolium confusum: Food Additives as Ovicides12
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 66 (3) , 765-768
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/66.3.765
Abstract
Larval growth rates, adult emergence, egg hatch, and F1 progeny production of Tribolium confusum Jacquelin duVal on wheat flour diets containing 0.05, 0.5, 2.0, and 5.0% (wt/wt) of sorbic acid, calcium propionate, methylparaben, BHT, BHA, or propyl gallate were determined. Sorbie acid at 0.5, 2.0, and 5.0% in the diet suppressed T. confusum through direct ovicidal effects on the eggs. BHA and BHT at dosage levels of 0.5, 2.0, and 5.0% in the diets inhibited larval growth and were ovicidal at the 2 and 5% levels. No cumulative or synergistic effects of several combinations of BHA, BHT, and sorbic acid were observed.Keywords
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