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Field efficacy of siege gel bait in an IPM program on life stages of German cockroach (Blataria, Blattellidae) in a residential building


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Shahraki, Gholam Hossein and Mohd Noor, Hafidzi and Rafinejad, Javad and Shahar, Mohd Khadri and Ibrahim, Yusof (2011) Field efficacy of siege gel bait in an IPM program on life stages of German cockroach (Blataria, Blattellidae) in a residential building. Asian Biomedicine, 5 (5). pp. 619-624. ISSN 1905-7415; ESSN: 1875-855X

Abstract

Background: Current control strategies that rely on residual contact insecticides have resulted in insecticide resistance or tolerance to all the major groups of insecticides. New strategies are based on repeated monitoring, sanitation, educational programs and use of pesticides such as gel bait. Objective: Investigate the effectiveness of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program on life stages of German cockroaches at infested units of a residential building in southwestern Iran. Methods: Life stages (adult, nymph, and ootheca) of German cockroaches at 53 units (rooms) were monitored by sticky traps for eight months. The infested units were subjected randomly to IPM treatments and compared to controls following five weeks of monitoring. The IPM approach was based on an educational program using pamphlets, posters, lectures, sanitation with vacuuming, and application of hydramethylnon gel baits. Results: There was a high proportion of nymph population (76% of cockroach trap counts) before treatment. German cockroaches showed the highest frequency distribution in trap counts at surveyed residential units. Percentage reduction in nymphs was lower than the reduction in adults in the first week post treatment, although from the fourth to the twenty-sixth week, the percentage reduction was higher than in adults or equal when they reached 100% reduction. Mean total results showed significant reduction in adult and nymph stages throughout the treatment period. Reduction in ootheca fluctuated over the IPM program. Conclusion: Siege gel bait (Hydramethylnon 2%) in an IPM program successfully reduced adult and nymph stages of German cockroach infestation over the post treatment weeks especially after the fourth post treatment week.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0505.082
Publisher: Sciendo
Keywords: German cockroach; Hydramethylnon; Integrated pest management; Siege
Depositing User: Nur Farahin Ramli
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2013 08:39
Last Modified: 15 May 2020 08:46
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23642
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