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An Experiment with DDT against Pests of stored Products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

B. M. Jones
B. M. Jones
Affiliation:
Medical Department of the Navy.
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(1) The experiment was carried out on a short term basis due mainly to the limited time available for stored food products work, but it does show the possibilities of giving to the carrier medium an “adhesive” quality for the purpose of retaining an external layer of DDT upon bagged commodities.

(2) The increased activity at night of insects attacking stored food is interesting and the movement of insect densities in bags containing foodstuffs needs further detailed investigation. It does seem that a very high percentage of adult beetles will migrate to the surface of bags from inside the contained foodstuffs, and this makes it possible to achieve a fair measure of control by coating bags with a deposit of DDT.

(3) When a concentrate mist of a DDT emulsion-gum arabic solution is allowed to settle upon a bag surface, there is no detectable penetration of DDT through the sacking texture and therefore no danger of contaminating the contained foodstuffs.

(4) A deposit of such a DDT film, at a concentration rate of 50 mgm. DDT/sq.ft. upon a jute bag surface, remains appreciably toxic to Tribolium castaneum, Calandra oryzae, Rhizopertha dominica and Laemophloeus spp. for a period of approximately 60 days.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , August 1947 , pp. 347 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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