Four common pesticides, their mixtures and a formulation solvent in the hive environment have high oral toxicity to honey bee larvae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Wanyi ^a   Schmehl, Daniel R ^b   Mullin, Christopher A ^a   Frazier, James L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; COUMAFOS; FLUVALINATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG FORMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONEYBEE; LARVAL STAGE; MORTALITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORAL TOXICITY; PROBABILITY; REARING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEES; CHLORPYRIFOS; COUMAPHOS; DIET; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENVIRONMENT; HONEY; LARVA; PESTICIDES; PYRROLIDINONES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84897416580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077547     Document Type: Article

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