Field relevance of a synergistic effect observed in the laboratory between an EBI fungicide and a chloronicotinyl insecticide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L, Hymenoptera)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-286

  Schmuck, Richard ^a   Stadler, Teodoro ^b   Schmidt, Hans Werner ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Azole; Fungicides; Synergism; Tank mix; Thiacloprid

Indexed keywords

ANILINOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; AZOXYSTROBIN; CHLORONICOTINYL DERIVATIVE; CYPRODINIL; ERGOSTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MANCOZEB; PROCHLORAZ; PYRROLE; TEBUCONAZOLE; THIACLOPRID; TOLYLFUAN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

FUNGICIDE; HONEYBEE; PESTICIDE; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; TANK; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BEES; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRIDINES; THIAZINES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZOLES; WEATHER;

APIS MELLIFERA; CALYPSO; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 12244302202     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.626     Document Type: Article

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