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EFFECTS OF COMBINATIONS OF CHLORPYRIFOS AND CYPERMETHRIN ON MORTALITY OF CORN EARWORM AND FALL ARMYWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) LARVAE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L.D. Chandler
Affiliation:
Insect Biology and Population Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, PO Box 748, Tifton, Georgia, USA 31793
J.L. Robertson
Affiliation:
Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PO Box 245, Berkeley, California, USA 94701
H.K. Preisler
Affiliation:
Pacific Southwest Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, PO Box 245, Berkeley, California, USA 94701

Abstract

Mixtures of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin were tested against 1-day-old larvae of corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), to determine the type of joint action involved in insect mortality. Statistical analyses indicated that mixtures of both insecticides interacted additively in both species. Chlorpyrifos alone was not as effective against larvae of fall armyworm as it was against larvae of corn earworm. No apparent differences in toxicity between the two species were observed with cypermethrin.

Résumé

Des mélanges de chlorpyrifos et de cyperméthrine ont été utilisés sur des Vers de l’épi de maïs, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), âgés de 1 jour, et des larves de 1 jour de la Légionnaire d’automne, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), dans le but de déterminer quel type d’interaction entre les deux insecticides entraîne la mortalité des insectes. Les analyses statistiques ont démontré que les mélanges des deux insecticides ont des effets additifs chez les deux espèces. Le chlorpyrifos utilisé seul n’est pas aussi efficace contre les larves de la Légionnaire d’automne que contre les Vers de l’épi de maïs. La cyperméthrine semble avoir la même toxicité chez les deux espèces d’insectes.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1995

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