Sains Malaysiana 48(1)(2019): 75–80

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2019-4801-09

 

Bioactivity of Lufenuron against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

(Aktiviti Biologi Lufenuron terhadap Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae))

MUHAMMAD YASIR1,2, MUHAMMAD SAGHEER2, SAQI KOSAR ABBAS3, MANSOOR-UL-HASAN2, SAEED AHMAD4 & MUHAMMAD IJAZ3*

 

1Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides, Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

 

2Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

 

3College of Agriculture, BZU, Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan

 

4Sericulture Forest Department, Punjab, Pakistan

 

Received: 22 December 2016/Accepted: 21 March 2018

 

ABSTRACT

Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum is a serious pest of stored grain commodities. A laboratory study was conducted for evaluating the sub-lethal effects of a chitin synthesis inhibitor, lufenuron at concentrations of 0.02, 0.04 and 0.08 ppm against two strains of T. castaneum. Lufenuron caused significant effects on larval mortality, larval duration before pupae, larval weight, pupae and adult emergence. When these adults were allowed to oviposit on untreated wheat flour, their fecundity and egg hatchability was reduced to a larger extent at all the tested concentrations as compared to control treatment. Further, subsequent development of F1 larvae, pupae and adults were also severely prohibited. Our findings show that lufenuron can be a potential product for pest management in mills, warehouses and food storage facilities.

 

Keywords: Chitin synthesis inhibitor; development; lufenuron; reproduction; Tribolium castaneum

 

ABSTRACT

Kumbang tepung merah, Tribolium castaneum adalah perosak serius komoditi bijirin tersimpan. Suatu ujian makmal telah dijalankan bagi menilai kesan sub-maut perencat sintesis kitin, lufenuron pada kepekatan 0.02, 0.04 dan 0.08 ppm terhadap dua strain T. castaneum. Lufenuron telah menyebabkan kesan yang ketara pada kemortalan larva, tempoh larva sebelum pupa, berat larva pupa dan kemunculan dewasa. Apabila dewasa ini dibenarkan untuk oviposit pada tepung gandum tak terawat, kesuburan dan kebolehtetasan telur mereka telah dikurangkan ke tahap yang lebih besar terhadap semua kepekatan yang diuji berbanding rawatan kawalan. Di samping itu, perkembangan larva F1, pupa dan dewasa seterusnya juga berjaya dihalang. Keputusan kami menunjukkan bahawa lufenuron boleh menjadi produk yang berpotensi untuk pengurusan haiwan perosak dalam kilang-kilang, gudang-gudang dan kemudahan penyimpanan makanan.

 

Kata kunci: Lufenuron; pembangunan; pembiakan; perencat sintesis kitin; Tribolium castaneum

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*Corresponding author; email: muhammad.ijaz@bzu.edu.pk

 

 

 

 

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