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Efficiency of phosphine and combinations of phosphine with carbon dioxide against Khapra Beetle larvaeTrogoderma granarium everts. (Col., Dermestidae)

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Investigations conducted in the laboratory for comparing the efficacy of phosphine with that of mixtures of the gas plus carbon dioxide against diapause larvae ofTrogoderma granarium showed that addition of varying concentrations of CO2 (20, 50, 75 and 100%) to fixed PH3-concentrations had a negative influence on phosphine efficacy against diapause larvae of Khapra Beetle at 30°C for short exposure periods of 18 and 24 hours. On the other hand, it was found that for longer exposure periods of 48 and 72 hours, the addition of CO2 to phosphine induced significantly higher larval mortality than that by PH3 alone, whereby an additive effect was proved for mixtures contained PH3+75% and 100% CO2.

The addition of 20% and 50% CO2 to PH3 at 20°C did not show any increase in larval mortalities of the mixtures for exposure periods between 24–96 hours. The larval mortalities obtained for an atmosphere contained 20 and 50% CO2 alone at 20 and 30°C was (0–6%) and (10–40%), respectively, after 10 days exposure period.

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Laboruntersuchungen zum Vergleich der Wirksamkeit von Phosphorwasserstoff allein und in Kombination mit Kohlendioxyd gegenüber den Diapauselarven des Khaprakäfers (Trogoderma granarium) zeigten, daß die Zufuhr verschiedener CO2-Konzentrationen (20, 50, 75, 100%) zu konstanten Konzentrationen von PH3 einen nachteiligen Einfluß auf die PH3-Wirkung gegenüber den Larven bei kurzer Begasungsdauer (18 und 24 h) bei 30°C zur Folge hatte.

Bei langer Begasungszeit (48 und 72 h) war die Larvenmortalität bei Kombinationen von PH3+CO2 dagegen bedeutend höher als diejenige bei PH3 allein, und es wurde dabei eine additive Wirkung für Kombinationen mit 75 und 100% CO2 gefunden.

Der Zusatz von 20% und 50% CO2 zur PH3-Konzentration erzielte keine Mortalitätssteigerung bei einer Expositionsdauer von 24–96 h bei 20°C.

Die gefundene Larvenmortalität bei Einwirkung von Luft mit 20 bzw. 50% CO2-Gehalt ohne PH3 betrug 0–6% bei 20°C und 10–40% bei 30°C nach einer Expositionsdauer von 10 Tagen.

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El-Lakwah, F.A., Wohlgemuth, R. & Khattab, M.M. Efficiency of phosphine and combinations of phosphine with carbon dioxide against Khapra Beetle larvaeTrogoderma granarium everts. (Col., Dermestidae). Anz. Schadlingskde., Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 62, 85–88 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01906546

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