Singh, D. and Jain, D.C. (1987) Relative toxicity of various organic solvents generally used in screening plant products for insecticidal activity against the house fly Musca domestica L. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 25. pp. 569-570.
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Abstract
The relative toxicity (knockdown and mortality) of various solvents used in screening plant products for insecticidal activity was tested over 24 h at 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 µl/fly against Musca domestica in the laboratory. Acetone and distilled water at all 4 doses, methanol and ethyl acetate at 1 µl, ethanol, benzene and chloroform at 0.5 µl, butanol and petroleum ether at 0.25 µl, and hexane at <0.25 µl/insect were non-toxic when applied topically to the thorax. Mineral oil was very toxic and produced 100% mortality at ≥0.5 µl/fly. Similar results were obtained with pyrethrum [pyrethrins] and malathion.
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| Additional Information: | The authors are thankful to Dr H.P. Kulkarni, Bombay Chemicals, Bombay for supplying free samples of mineral oil and pyrethrum extract and Mr. R. Rajagopal, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, for helping the house fly colony. |
| Author Affiliation: | Central Inst. Med. & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-226 016, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Balakrishna Garadasu |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2013 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 29 May 2013 08:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10651 |
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