In vitro effects of thiamethoxam on larvae of Africanized honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Chemosphere

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 370-378

  Tavares, Daiana Antonia ^a   Roat, Thaisa Cristina ^a   Carvalho, Stephan Malfitano ^b   Silva Zacarin, Elaine Cristina Mathias ^c   Malaspina, Osmar ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Larval development; LC50; Neonicotinoid; Nervous system; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; INSECTICIDES; NEUROLOGY;

AFRICANIZED HONEYBEES; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC50; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; NEONICOTINOIDS; SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS; SUBCHRONIC EXPOSURE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

THIAMETHOXAM; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

APOPTOSIS; COLONY STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KENYON CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LC50; MORPHOLOGY; MUSHROOM BODY; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BEES; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84930434188     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.090     Document Type: Article

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