Ovicidal effects of thiacloprid, acetamiprid, lambda-cyhalothrin and alpha-cypermethrin on Bruchus pisorum L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) eggs (2011)

The effects of two pyrethroid (lambda-cyhalothrin, alpha-cypermethrin) and two neonicotinoid (acetamiprid, thiacloprid) insecticides on B. pisorum L. eggs were compared under field conditions, in 2005 – 2007, in the Czech Republic. The main object of the study was to find out what real effects can be expected from the available insecticides registered in Europe when applied at the time of the first eggs appearing on lower pods. In general the levels of Bruchus pisorum egg (+ first instar larvae) survival were significantly lower with all the insecticides compared in the study, in each of the three years (2005, 2006, 2007). The tested insecticides showed some ovicidal effects and also some larvicidal effects. The tested pyrethroids (lambda-cyhalothrin, alpha-cypermethrin) showed somewhat higher effectiveness in comparison with the neonicotinoides (acetamiprid, thiacloprid). Alpha-cypermethrin was the most effective in all three years. In 2006 and in 2007 this insecticide significantly reduced levels of egg survival in comparison with acetamiprid. In contrast the acetamiprid was the least effective insecticide in each of the three years.

Plant Protection Science, 2011, 57(3): 109–114 [ abstract ] [ fulltext ]