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Susceptibility of the salvinia biological control agent Cyrtobagous salviniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to chemicals used to control tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae)) in Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J.L. Semple  and
I.W. Forno
J.L. Semple
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Long Pocket Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068, Australia
I.W. Forno
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Long Pocket Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068, Australia
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Abstract

The effects of endosulfan and deltamethrin, chemicals used to control Glossina morsitans Westwood (tsetse fly), were tested against Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder & Sands (Curculionidae), a biological control agent for the floating fern Salvinia molesta. The weevil was very susceptible to deltamethrin and less susceptible to endosulfan. The use of these chemicals for control of G. morsitans in Botswana, where the biological control agent is active, is discussed.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 233 - 234
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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