Toxicity of acrylonitrile to the adults of five species of stored products insects.

Rajendran, S. and Muthu, M. (1976) Toxicity of acrylonitrile to the adults of five species of stored products insects. Bulletin of Grain Technology, 14 (3). 179-181; 5 ref..

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Abstract

In tests of acrylonitrile as a fumigant for the adults of 5 species of stored-product insects, the LD50's and (in brackets) LD95's (in mg/litre) were 0.4345 (0.5636) for Callosobruchus chinensis (L.), 0.4036 (0.7816) for Sitophilus oryzae (L.), 0.6918 (1.0841) for Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), 0.7551 (1.2682) for Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) and 1.0541 (1.3211) for Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	control-; fumigants-; pesticides-; stored-products; agricultural-entomology
Subjects:	600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 17 Toxicology
Divisions:	Food Protectants and Infestation Control
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2017 06:15
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2017 06:15
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/8479

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