Toxicity of dimethoate and fenoxycarb to honey bee brood (Apis mellifera), using a new in vitro standardized feeding method

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1090-1094

  Aupinel, Pierrick ^a   Fortini, Dominique ^a   Michaud, Bruno ^a   Marolleau, Franck ^a   Tasei, Jean Noël ^a   Odoux, Jean François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Laboratory testing; Larval development; LD50; NOAEC

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHOATE; FENOXYCARB; INSECTICIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMERGENCE; FEEDING; HONEYBEE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; PUPA; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; BEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BEES; DIMETHOATE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MORTALITY; PHENYLCARBAMATES; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 35648971617     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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