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Data on the impact of pesticides on non-target arthropods are required for registration of pesticides in the European Union (EU Directive 91/414/ EEC). The polyaphidophagous ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) was selected as an indicator species for plant-dwelling insects on the basis of its known sensitivity to pesticides and its widespread distribution in orchards and arable crops throughout Europe. Although test guidelines for this non-target insect already exist, there is a need to standardize and validate these to insure that they comply with international testing requirements (Barrett et al., 1994). The objective of this work was to evaluate a two-step test system to determine its reliability and to determine the comparability of test results. Six research facilities participated in this work: M. Candolfi (Springborn Lab.), R. Kleiner (BioChem), A. Waltersdorfer (AgrEvo), S. Nengel (GAB/IFU), P. Klepka (IBACON) and S. Hennig-Pusch (Bayer AG).
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Schmuck, R., Candolfi, M., Kleiner, R., Klepka, P., Nengel, S., Waltersdorfer, A. (1998). Two-step test system using the plant-dwelling non-target insect Coccinella septempunctata to generate data for registration of pesticides. In: Haskell, P.T., McEwen, P. (eds) Ecotoxicology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5791-3_13
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