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A Laboratory Comparison of the Toxicity as a Contact Poison of DDT with Nicotine, Derris Products and the Pyrethrins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. Potter ,
F. Tattersfield  and
E. M. Gillham
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The toxicity of DDT as a contact spray under laboratory conditions has been tested on a number of insect species. The particulars of the species used are set out below.

The toxicity of the DDT spray was compared in every instance with nicotine. A rotenone or derris suspension was included in the tests on Myzus cerasi, Phaedon cochleariae, Pieris brassicae, Pteronus ribesii and Phymatocera aterrima, and a pyrethrin spray in the tests on Pieris brassicae, Pteronus ribesii and Phymatocera aterrima.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , January 1947 , pp. 469 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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