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BIOASSAY OF TOXICITY OF INSECTICIDES IN SOIL USING EGGS AND LARVAE OF THE CABBAGE MAGGOT, HYLEMYA BRASSICAE (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Read
Affiliation:
Research Station Agriculture Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island CIA 7M8

Abstract

A bioassay method was developed for estimating persistence and rate of vertical movement of toxic residues of insecticides in soil Laboratory or field microplots of soil 15 to 45 cm deep were enclosed within a metal or plastic framework comprised of 1 or 5 cm sections which could be readily separated for bioassay. Using eggs and larvae of the cabbage maggot, toxic residues of carbofuran could be estimated at concentrations ranging from ca. 0.2 to 30 μg AI/g of dry soil. Higher concentrations were estimated from bioassays on treated soil serially diluted with untreated soil.

Résumé

On a mis au point une épreuve biologique pour estimer la rémanence et la rapidité du déplacement vertical des résidus toxiques d'insecticides dans le sol. On a délimité, sur le terrain ou en laboratoire, des microparcelles de sol de 15 à 45 cm de profondeur que l'on a entourées d'un cadre de métal ou de plastique composé de sections de 1 ou 5 cm facilement séparables. Les oeufs et les larves de la mouche du chou ont servi à estimer des concentrations de résidus toxiques de carbofurane variant entre 0.2 et 30 μg IA/g de sol sec. Pour les sols à concentration plus élevée, on a affectué des dilutions en série avec des sols non traités.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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