Toxicity of pyrethroids and effect of synergists to larval and adult Helicoverpa zea, Spodoptera frugiperda, and Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 868-873

  Usmani, K Amin ^a,b   Knowles, Charles O ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cypermethrin; Noctuidae; Permethrin; Synergism; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; BUTYL PHOSPHOROTRITHIOATE; CIPERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRETHROID; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRETHRINS; SPODOPTERA; THIOPHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; TOLUIDINES;

EID: 0035431789     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.868     Document Type: Article

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