Toxicity of diafenthiuron to honey bees in laboratory, semi-field and field conditions

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-510

  Stanley, Johnson ^a,b   Chandrasekaran, Subramanian ^a   Preetha, Gnanadhas ^a   Kuttalam, Sasthakutty ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Contact toxicity; Diafenthiuron; Honey bees; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIAFENTHIURON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHENYLTHIOUREA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; LABORATORIES; MOTHS; PHENYLTHIOUREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950537849     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1900     Document Type: Article

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