›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 420-425.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2018.03.10

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Toxicities of eight insecticides against Tetranychus cinnabarinus and their acute toxicities to Bombyx mori

XIE Daoyan, YANG Zhenguo, CHAI Jianping, ZHOU Chuntao, LUO Yanjie*   

  1. Institute of Sericulture & Apiculture, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Mengzi 661101, China
  • Received:2017-05-16 Online:2018-03-20 Published:2018-03-21

Abstract: In the present study, in-door toxicities of eight insecticides including rotenone, azadirachtin, matrine, celangulin, veratridine, spinetoram, SYP-9080, pyriproxyfen against Tetranychus cinnabarinus were measured via spraying on the Potter spray tower, and the acute toxicities of these insecticides to 3rd instar of silkworm were exuviated by food intake poisonous leaf method. The results indicated that the acaricidal activities of azadirachtin, matrine, rotenone, celangulin, veratridine against T. cinnabarinus adults were higher than the other insecticides, and the according median lethal concentrations (LC50) were 0.213, 0.659, 1.621, 13.014, 16.548 mg·L-1, respectively. The ovicidal activities of celangulin, azadirachtin, veratridine, rotenone and matrine against T. cinnabarinus eggs were higher than the other insecticides, and the according LC50 were 0.254, 3.497, 13.564, 21.936, 35.030 mg·L-1, respectively. The 3rd instar larvae of silkworm showed spit, antifeedant, body shrinkage and other symptoms of poisoning 48 h after eating mulberry leaves containing the above eight insecticides. Among these pesticides, except that pyriproxyfen was moderately toxic, the remaining pesticides to silkworms were highly toxic or hypertoxic. Therefore, azadirachtin, celangulin, veratridine, rotenone and matrine could effectively control mulberry mites including adult mites and mite eggs, but more attention should be paid to the safety of silkworms during application in field.

Key words: insecticide, Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Bombyx mori, acute toxicity, relative toxicity

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