scholarly journals Changes in Indoor Insecticide Residue Levels after Adopting an Integrated Pest Management Program to Control German Cockroach Infestations in an Apartment Building

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changlu Wang ◽  
Amanda Eiden ◽  
Richard Cooper ◽  
Chen Zha ◽  
Desen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
German Cockroach ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Insecticide Residue ◽  
Insecticide Residues ◽  
Floor Dust ◽  
Residue Levels ◽  
Cockroach Blattella Germanica

Insecticide use in homes leads to human exposure to insecticide residues that persist in the environment. Integrated pest management (IPM) programs have been known to be more environmentally friendly for managing German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.) infestations, but their effect on indoor insecticide residue levels are not well understood. An IPM program consisting of applying cockroach gel baits and placing insect sticky traps as the primary treatment methods were implemented. Floor wipe samples were collected from the bedroom and kitchen floors of 69 apartments with German cockroach infestations at 0 months and again at 12 months from 49 of the 69 apartments sampled at 0 months. Levels of 18 insecticide residues were measured. The mean insecticide residue concentration per apartment decreased by 74% after 12 months. The number of insecticides detected per apartment decreased from 2.5 ± 0.2 to 1.5 ± 0.2 (mean ± standard error). Indoxacarb residue was only detected in two apartments at 12 months despite the fact that an average of 32 ± 4 g 0.6% indoxacarb gel bait was applied per apartment. IPM implementation can result in significant reduction in the insecticide residue concentrations and number of detected insecticides in floor dust samples.

Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. R. Adams ◽  
G. J Tompkins ◽  
A. M. Heimpel ◽  
E. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Acheta Domesticus ◽  
Epilachna Varivestis ◽  
House Cricket ◽  
Similar Morphology ◽  
Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

scholarly journals Economic Evaluation of Landscape Integrated Pest Management Programs in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 469
Author(s):  
Hani Perwitasari ◽  
Irham . ◽  
Slamet Hartono ◽  
Suhatmini Hardyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Management Program ◽  
T Test ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
Technology Applications

The massive use of chemicals in food production process has adversely affected the aspect of cost, ecology and health in particular. Landscape Integrated Pest Management (LIPM) Program is one of the technology applications targeted to minimize the chemicals. In Indonesia, there were only 6 regencies which applied LIPM, which included Banyumas regency. This study primarily aims at comparing production costs, productivity, revenue, profit and financial feasibility between LIPM and non-LIPM rice farms. The researchers collected primary and secondary data during the investigation. They purposively chose Pliken Village as the research object as it is the only village implementing LIPM. Meanwhile, sample was selected by random sampling methods involving LIPM and non- LIPM farmers with 30 respondents for each. Independent-samples T test was exerted to compare productivity, revenue, cost, profit and financial feasibility. The results indicate that productivity, revenue, profit and financial feasibility farming with LIPM were higher than the non-LIPM farming. Moreover, the production cost in the LIPM farming was lower than the production cost of the non-LIPM farming. The independent T-test pinpoints that the total revenue indicator and profit were significant. In other words, it may become reference to encourage farmers to apply Landscape Integrated Pest Management Program for sustainable agriculture 

scholarly journals Integrated Pest Management of the German Cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in Manufactured Homes in Rural North Carolina

2016 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice N. Dingha ◽  
Jeremy O'Neal ◽  
Arthur G. Appel ◽  
Louis E. N. Jackai
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
German Cockroach ◽  
Manufactured Homes

scholarly journals Analytical Detection of Sulfonamides and Organophosphorus Insecticide Residues in Fish in Taiwan

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Pei Chang ◽  
Po-Hsun Hou ◽  
Wei-Cheng Yang ◽  
Ching-Fen Wu ◽  
Chia-Chia Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Organophosphorus Insecticide ◽  
World Health ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
Insecticide Residue ◽  
Organophosphorus Insecticides ◽  
Insecticide Residues ◽  
Fish Samples ◽  
Residue Levels

Exposure to residues of antibiotics (e.g., sulfonamides) and insecticides (e.g., organophosphorus insecticides) in aquacultured food can adversely affect humans and animals and thus affect public health globally. Here, using a validated method, we examined the levels of residues of 12 sulfonamides as well as 18 organophosphorus insecticides in aquacultured fish in Taiwan. A total of 52 fish samples (i.e., 20 tilapia, 16 milk fish, and 16 perch samples) were obtained from Taiwanese aquafarms from June 2018 to October 2019. We detected 0.02 and 0.03 mg/kg of sulfamethazine (a sulfonamide) in one tilapia and one milk fish, respectively, and 0.02, 0.05, and 0.03 mg/kg of chlorpyrifos (an organophosphorus insecticide) in one tilapia, one milk fish, and one perch, respectively; thus, among the samples, 3.85% and 5.77% contained sulfonamides and organophosphorus insecticide residues, respectively. Furthermore, we assessed human health risk based on the estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of these residues: EDIs of sulfonamide and organophosphorus insecticide residues were <1.0% of the acceptable daily intake recommended by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives. The risk of exposure to sulfonamide and organophosphorus insecticide residue by consuming aquacultured fish in Taiwan was thus negligible, signifying no immediate health risk related to the consumption of fish. Our findings can constitute a reference in efforts geared toward ensuring food safety and monitoring veterinary drug and insecticide residue levels in aquacultured organisms. Residue levels in fish must be continually monitored to further determine possible effects of these residues on human health.

Pest Prevalence and Evaluation of Community-Wide Integrated Pest Management for Reducing Cockroach Infestations and Indoor Insecticide Residues

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 795-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zha ◽  
Changlu Wang ◽  
Brian Buckley ◽  
Ill Yang ◽  
Desen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Insecticide Residues

scholarly journals Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Landis ◽  
Nurali Saidov ◽  
Anvar Jaliov ◽  
Mustapha El Bouhssini ◽  
Megan Kennelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Program
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