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Sublethal effects of indoxacarb on the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

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The effects of sublethal concentrations of indoxacarb on Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) were examined. In comparison with the control, sublethal concentrations led to a significant decrease in adult emergence, the percentage of pupation and pupal weight of the parent generation, fecundity, and adult longevity. They also significantly decreased the net reproductive rate (R 0), intrinsic rate of increase (r m), finite rate of increase (λ), and gross reproduction rate (GRR), and had significantly increased egg developmental time and doubling time (Dt) of P. xylostella. However, sublethal concentrations of indoxacarb had no significant affect on adult emergence, percentage of pupation, larva, prepupa and pupa developmental periods, hatchability, and sex ratio of offspring. The results of this study indicated that sublethal concentrations can decrease the biological parameters of P. xylostella.

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We thank the Agricultural Entomology section of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran, and the Entomology Section of the Department of Plant Protection of Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. We also thank Dr. Edward. A. Ueckermann from North-West University, South Africa, for his review and excellent comments.

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Mahmoudvand & Habib Abbasipour

  2. Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

    Aziz Sheikhi Garjan

  3. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    Ali Reza Bandani

  4. Islamic Azad University, Qom branch, Young Researchers Club, Qom, Iran

    Mohammad Mahmoudvand

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Mahmoudvand, M., Abbasipour, H., Garjan, A.S. et al. Sublethal effects of indoxacarb on the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae). Appl Entomol Zool 46, 75–80 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-010-0010-1

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