Hazards and uptake of chitin synthesis inhibitors in bumblebees Bombus terrestris

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 752-758

  Mommaerts, Veerle ^a   Sterk, Guido ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a,c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Biobest NV ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brood production; Bumblebees; Cuticle disruption; Cuticular penetration; Egg fertility; Insect growth regulators; Larval growth; Toxicity; Transovarial transport

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHITIN; DIFLUBENZURON; INSECTICIDE;

BEE; CHITIN; GROWTH REGULATOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INHIBITOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PEST CONTROL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHITIN; DIFLUBENZURON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33746429997     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1238     Document Type: Article

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