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Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Insecticides on the Biological Attributes of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): a Biocontrol Agent of Parthenium hysterophorus L.

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Acute toxicity and sublethal effects of six commonly used insecticides, i.e., malathion, carbaryl, imidacloprid, cypermethrin, dimethoate, and monocrotophos, were evaluated through biological and life table parameters of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister in laboratory. Concentration of these insecticides was within the minimum ranges of recommended field rate. Among the insecticides tested for acute toxicity, monocrotophos and imidacloprid caused the highest mortality of third instars and prolonged the development time of treated larvae. Fecundity and egg viability were also reduced in monocrotophos-treated group. Sublethal toxicity (carryover effect) of insecticides was evaluated through life table analysis of F1 progenies developed from surviving third instars treated for acute toxicity experiment. Survivorship was prolonged to 117 days in carbaryl treated group. Monocrotophos prolonged the overall immature development time compared to other insecticidal treatments and untreated control. Moreover, the lowest female survival, and the lowest value of life indices parameters, i.e., m x , R 0, r m, and λ, was evident in monocrotophos-exposed groups compared to that in other tested insecticides. However, mean generation time (T c) and doubling time (DT) were significantly prolonged in the insecticide-treated groups compared to those in the untreated group. A significantly greater number of females were produced in control groups than those in treated with malathion and sex ratio (proportion of male) was computed as 0.34 and 0.37, respectively. Based on the present study, it can be concluded that none of the tested insecticides can be classified as safe to Z. bicolorata. However, comparisons among the tested insecticides showed that malathion was less toxic compared to other insecticides tested.

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Financial assistance from UGC, New Delhi, India, during this research program is gratefully acknowledged. We are thankful to Prof. Athar Ali Khan, D/O Statistics and Operation Research, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, for his statistical suggestions and graphical presentation in this manuscript. We are grateful to Dr. Antonio Biondi, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA; Dr. Agus Garzon, Unidad de Proteccion de Cultivos, E.T.S.I. Agronomos, UPM, Avenida Complutense, Madrid, Spain, and Dr. Paola Tirello, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, for providing excellent literature. We also express our sincere gratitude to the editor and one anonymous reviewer whose constructive comments helped us to improve the earlier draft of this manuscript.

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Hasan, F., Ansari, M.S. Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Insecticides on the Biological Attributes of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): a Biocontrol Agent of Parthenium hysterophorus L.. Neotrop Entomol 46, 473–486 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0485-3

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