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Open AccessRapid insecticide resistance bioassays for three major urban insects in Taiwan
Taiwan’s warm and humid climate and dense population provide a suitable environment for the breeding of pests. The three major urban insects in Taiwan are house flies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. In cases whe...
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Toxicity and repellence of Taiwanese indigenous djulis, Chenopodium formosaneum, against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Forcipomyia taiwana (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
The biological activity of djulis (Chenopodium formosaneum) extracts was evaluated against mosquitoes and biting midges. Djulis extracts were relatively nontoxic to Aedes albopictus larvae. However, they showed i...
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Evidence for the Site of Female Sex Pheromone Production in Periplaneta americana
We used bioassays to determine the sex pheromone production site in the female American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Bioassayed extracts from various body parts aroused sexual responses from unmated males. ...
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Induction of cytochrome P-450 activities by nicotine in the tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta
The induction by dietary nicotine of a series of cytochrome P-450 enzyme activities was investigated in early fifth-instarManduca sexta larvae. At a low nicotine concentration in the diet (0.1 %), three of 12 mid...