JOINT ACTION OF TWO LOCAL MINERAL OILS WITH SOME ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS INSECTICIDES AGAINST ADULTS OF THE WHEAT APHID RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Centeral Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ejar.1993.459029

Abstract

Two mineral oils and five organophosphorous insecticides were tested individually againt adults of the wheat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi.The results showed that primiphos-ethyl, primiphos - methyl and the mineral star oil were more toxic than monocrotophos, dimethoate, mala­thion and the mineral oil Shokrona super. The joint action of insecticide /mineral oil combinations revealed different levels of synergism except for primiphos-methyl/Shokrona sup­er where antagonism was observe. The most effective combination was primiphos - methyl/Star oil with a factor of sinergism 4.54, while the least was dimethoate / Star oil .