Base-line susceptibility of Tribolium castaneum to various synthetic insecticides.

ABSTRACT: The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) is a cosmopolitan insect pest that causes severe loss in broad range of stored commodities worldwide. Chemical control has been considered as major preventive measure to manage this dangerous pest. Therefore, we have evaluated 22 different insecticides against T. castaneum collected from five districts of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Bioassays were performed to assess the LC₅₀ values of considered insecticides. Our results showed that emamectin benzoate was the most toxic insecticide among all the insecticides. There was non-significant difference in toxicity of deltamethrin and triazophos to all tested populations based on overlapping 95% confidence interval of LC₅₀. The spinosad was more toxic as compared with the spi

SUBMITTER: Khizar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11868646 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature