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Laboratory Experiments on the Effect Of DDT and BHC on certain aphidophagous Insects and their Hosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. J. Way
Affiliation:
Department of Insecticides and Fungicides, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts

Extract

Experiments were carried out during 1945 and 1946 to determine the effect of insecticides, particularly DDT and BHC, on certain species of Syrphids and Coccinellids. In addition, some preliminary data was obtained on toxicity to parasitic Hymenoptera and a predatory Cecidomyiid species.

In some experiments other insecticides were used for comparative purposes and where possible data were obtained on the effect of the insecticide not only on the predator but also on the host and the host-predator relationship.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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