Efficacy of Some Nanoparticles against the Adults of Red Flour Beetle Triboliumcastaneum (Herbst) under Laboratory Conditions | ||
| Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor | ||
| Article 21, Volume 57, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 535-540 PDF (507.77 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/assjm.2019.44940 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maha S. Khalil* | ||
| Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Stored grain insect pests cause high deterioration to grains and seeds in storage, such as weight loss, less germination and reduced nutrition values of grains. In the present study,theefficacyof threenano-particlesnano-malathion, organic nano-silica and inorganic nano-silicawereevaluated by mixing with grains under laboratory conditions against the adults ofTriboliumcastaneum. (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).The results showed that nano-malathion had the highest adverse effect on all parameters after 14 days of treatment. The median lethalconcentrations (LC50s) of organic nano-silica and inorganic nano-silica on adultsof T. castaneum were2.76 and 0.90% after10 days of treatment, respectively. The lethal concentration (LC50) of nano-malathion was 34×10-5%while the (LC50) of conventional malathion was 0.10% after 3 days of treatment.Inorganic nano silica showed significant inhibitor on the number of T. castaneum adult progeny at the lower concentration. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| malathion; Nano-malathion; Nano-silica; Triboliumcastaneum; The median lethal concentration | ||
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