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Insecticidal activity of thiamethoxam against the bamboo powder post beetle Dinoderus minutus Fabr. (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

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Thiamethoxam (ACTARA® 25WG) was evaluated for its insecticidal activities against the bamboo powder post beetle Dinoderus minutus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). The study showed that thiamethoxam had contact toxicity against D. minutus. Based on dose-mortality responses, LC50 values for thiamethoxam against D. minutus ranged from 1.74 to 7.94 μg ml−1. Laboratory and field exposure tests showed that thiamethoxam at concentration of atleast 10 μg ml−1 may have anti-oviposition or anti-feeding effects on D. minutus and can protect post harvest Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. culms against the infestation of this bamboo boring beetle.

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This study was supported by a grant from the Creative and Research Scholarship Program of the University of the Philippines System, Diliman, Quezon City. The author is also grateful to Syngenta Philippines, Inc. for providing ACTARA® 25 WG for this research.

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  1. Department of Forest Products and Paper Science, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Banos, College, 4031, Laguna, Philippines

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Acda, M.N. Insecticidal activity of thiamethoxam against the bamboo powder post beetle Dinoderus minutus Fabr. (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). J Pest Sci 81, 109–113 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-008-0194-0

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