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Diflubenzuron delays the onset of mortality caused by sodium fluosilicate and fluoroacetamide in the housefly

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The toxic effect of sucrose-containing Na2SiF6 solutions fed to houseflies is delayed when diflubenzuron (DFB) is added to the solutions. A similar, though less pronounced effect is exerted by DFB on fluoroacetamide toxicity.

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    K. R. S. Ascher & Nadia E. Nemny

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Publication of the Agricultural Research Organization. No. 251-E, 1979 series.

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Ascher, K.R.S., Nemny, N.E. Diflubenzuron delays the onset of mortality caused by sodium fluosilicate and fluoroacetamide in the housefly. Phytoparasitica 8, 217–219 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158321

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