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EFFECTS OF BOTANICAL AND SYNTHETIC INSECTICIDES ON EGGS AND LARVAE OF CYCLONEDA SANGUINEA (LINNAEUS) (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) UNDER LATORATORY CONDITIONS

ABSTRACT

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of azadirachtin and some synthetic insecticides used in the cotton crops on eggs and firstand fourth-instar larvae of Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus). The neem-based insecticide Nim-I-Go™ was used in the following concentrations: 1% (10 mg of azadirachtin/L), 5% (50 mg of azadirachtin/L) and 10% (100 mg of azadirachtin/L). The synthetic insecticides teflubenzuron (Nomolt 150 SC) (0.15 g a.i./ L), lambdacyhalothrin (Karate Zeon 250 CS (0.08 g a.i./L) and chlorpyrifos (Vexter 480 CE) (1.6 g a.i./L) also were used in this study. Distilled water was used as control. A fully randomized experimental design was used, with seven treatments and six replicates, each one formed of three eggs or larvae of C. sanguinea. A manual sprayer was used to spew the solutions. The bioassays were kept in a room at 25±2oC, RH of 70±10% and 12h photophase. The insects were fed with Schizaphis graminum (Rondani). Lambdacyhalothrin and chlorpyrifos were harmful to all stages of C. sanguinea. Azadirachtin at 50 and 100 mg;L was toxic to fourth-instar larvae of C. sanguinea. Based in its low toxicity, azadirachtin 10 mg/L and teflubenzuron present favorable characteristics for use in the integrated pest management where C. sanguinea is an important factor of natural mortality of pests.

KEY WORDS
Azadirachtin; pesticides; lady-beetle; selectivity

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