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- Title
Effects of the Botanical Compound p-Anisaldehyde on Horn Fly, House Fly and Stable Fly Eggs.
- Authors
SHOWLER, ALLAN T.; HARLIEN, JESSICA L.
- Abstract
Horn flies, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.); house flies, MuscadomesticaL.; and stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), are problematic to livestock production and, in the instance of M. domestica, to human health. p-Anisaldehyde was assessed for its bioactivity against the eggs of the three muscid species. The compound, which is found in many edible plants, was lethal to the eggs of H. irritans and S. calcitrans at a relatively low (=0.01%) concentration when eggs were exposed to the treated substrate and when exposed to fumigation (=0.0001%). Although M. domestica eggs were less vulnerable to the treated substrate than the other two muscids, egg hatch was delayed, and fumigation with a low p-anisaldehyde concentration (0.001%) induced substantial egg mortality. In many instances, larval development inside the eggs did not occur, while other larvae developed, swelled, and although they broke the egg casing, they failed to emerge. The possible utility of p-anisaldehyde against the eggs of the three muscid species as a possible integrated pest management tactic is discussed.
- Subjects
HORN fly; HOUSEFLY; FUMIGATION; INTEGRATED pest control; EGGS; LIVESTOCK productivity; EDIBLE plants
- Publication
Biopesticides International, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
0973-483X
- Publication type
Article