The present study was aimed to assess the bedbugs susceptibility to pyrethroid insecticides using molecular analysis. With the aid of pest control companies, adult bedbugs were collected from various places such as hotels, residential houses, and industrial buildings in seven cities highly crowded with domestic and foreign tourists in Iran from May 2016 to August 2017. Bedbugs ...

A diet-incorporation larval bioassay was developed to measure the response of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), to the benzoylhydrazine insecticides tebufenozide and methoxyfenozide. The bioassay tested neonates and third, fourth, and fifth instars from a laboratory colony and neonates and fourth instars from a pooled population collected from five certified-organic apple orchards. Bioassays ...

The piscicidal potential of water-extract mesocarp of Azadirachta indica (L) was studied in static bioassay experiment with continuous aeration to determine its acute toxicity The mortality rate and opercular ventilation under laboratory conditions over 96 hr exposure were monitored. The 96 hrLC50 was 81.28 mgl(-1) while the threshold value was 21.13 mgl(-1). The fish exhibited respiratory dist...

Both pre- and post-column oxidation liquid chromatography methods with fluorescence detection are available for detecting paralytic shellfish toxins. Each method has been evaluated in multiple laboratories and validated as a potential alternative to the mouse bioassay. This communication compares the advantages and limitations of both methods. For a given laboratory, the selection of either met...

Using transplanted mussels as an in-situ bioassay to assess marine environmental quality has provided important information on bioavailability of contaminants and associated bioeffects that would not have been available with traditional chemical monitoring, biomonitoring, or laboratory bioassays. It is one of the most promising field bioassay systems because of the relative ease in making synop...

The thoracic fraction of road dust (PM10) was measured for the first time in Portugal parking areas, both outdoors and indoors, with aim completing existing studies carried out active lanes various roads. An situ resuspension chamber used to collect a total 23 samples three areas Aveiro, whilst laboratory procedures included determination carbonaceous content (OC EC) by thermo-optical technique...