Sorghum stemborer species remains key yield limiting factor for sorghum production in the Nigerian semi-arid region. When they can afford, farmers rely almost solely on synthetic insecticides for control. Owing to the misuse and environmental and health challenges attributed to the use of synthetic insecticides, a two-year field study was carried out at the University of Maiduguri Research Farm...

Sorghum stemborer species remains key yield limiting factor for sorghum production in the Nigerian semi-arid region. When they can afford, farmers rely almost solely on synthetic insecticides for control. Owing to the misuse and environmental and health challenges attributed to the use of synthetic insecticides, a two-year field study was carried out at the University of Maiduguri Research Farm...

A simple and sensitive method for the determination of carbaryl in whole blood and commercial formulations, based on normal, and synchronous firstand second-derivative fluorescence spectra, is presented. Solvent effects on the spectral characteristics of carbaryl solutions and the influences of instrumental parameters are described in detail. Two methods have been developed, with neutral (for c...

Susceptibility to carbaryl in six Mexican strains of the southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), was evaluated with the Food and Agricultural Organization larval packet test. Tick strains from the cattle fever tick quarantine zone in Texas were more susceptible to carbaryl than to coumaphos or diazinon. Compared with the susceptible reference (Gonzalez) strain, Mexican tick stra...

BACKGROUND Residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications has been used as a surrogate for exposure in epidemiologic studies, although little is known about the relationship with levels of pesticides in homes. OBJECTIVE We identified determinants of concentrations of agricultural pesticides in dust. METHODS We collected samples of carpet dust and mapped crops within 1,250 m of...

Oral administration of carbaryl to adult male albino rats produced a dose dependent increase in the steady state level of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) at 1.00 h in pons-medulla (PM). 5-Hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) concentration was significantly elevated only in response to a higher dose of this pesticide under similar conditions. A time course study with carbaryl and pentylenetetrazol (PTZ...

Carbaryl is an important and widely used insecticide that pollutes soil and water systems. Bacteria from the local soil ecosystem of the Gaza Strip capable of utilizing carbaryl as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen were isolated and identified as belonging to Bacillus, Morganella, Pseudomonas, Aeromonas and Corynebacterium genera. Carbaryl biodegradation by Bacillus, Morganella and Coryneb...

The objective of this work is assessment of the toxicological effects of carbaryl in the blood parameters of broiler chicks. Twenty day-old chicks were assigned to four treatments of 0mg/kgb.w. , 15mg/kgb.w. , 20mg/kgb.w. , and 25mg/kgb.w. of carbaryl. Total-red blood cell count (T-RBC) significantly increased in the carbaryl supplemented group. Insignificant decrease was found in mean corpuscu...

1. Carbaryl is metabolized more rapidly by fat body of the blowfly larva than by gut, muscle, cuticle or haemolymph. 2. Metabolism of carbaryl by the fat body is affected by the age of the larva, the pH of the incubation medium, and the concentration of magnesium chloride in the incubation medium. 3. Chloramphenicol, 2,4-dinitrophenol and 5-dimethylamino-6-nitro-1,3-benzodioxole (a carbaryl syn...

We assessed the responses of zooplankton communities with different population densities of an invertebrate predator, Mesocyclops pehpeiensis, to insecticide (carbaryl, 0.5 mgL(-1)) in small-scale mesocosm tanks (20 L). Cladocerans were eliminated by carbaryl application at both high and low predator densities. The density of rotifers increased after the elimination of the cladocerans by carbar...