Effects of Two Insecticides on Survival, Growth and Emergence of Chironomus riparius Meigen

Effects of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin on the survival, growth and emergence of Chironomus riparius were determined on a life-cycle study. Although neither cypermethrin nor chlorpyrifos affected larval survival or growth, a decrease in the number of emerged midges and in the number of females over...

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Main Author: Agra, Ana R. (author)
Other Authors: Soares, Amadeu M. V. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5575
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/5575