<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Methoprene, a synthetic juvenile hormone analogue, was shown to have the capability of preventing the cigarette beetle <italic>Lasiodermaserricorne</italic> (F.) from propagating when applied to the outside of packaged Oriental tobacco bales. Control was achieved for a 33-month’ storage period when methoprene was applied at 40 mg/m2 and 80 mg/m2 to either the burlap sheathing or to the outer surface of the tobacco following removal of the burlap sheath.</abstract>

Methoprene, a synthetic juvenile hormone analogue, was shown to have the capability of preventing the cigarette beetle Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) from propagating when applied to the outside of packaged Oriental tobacco bales. Control was achieved for a 33-month’ storage period when methoprene was applied at 40 mg/m2 and 80 mg/m2 to either the burlap sheathing or to the outer surface of the tobacco following removal of the burlap sheath.

The Efficacy of Kabat¯ as a Surface Spray on Oriental Tobacco Bales for Control of the Cigarette Beetle <italic>Lasiodermaserricorne</italic> (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Philip Morris Research Center, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

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The Efficacy of Kabat¯ as a Surface Spray on Oriental Tobacco Bales for Control of the Cigarette Beetle  (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Methoprene, a synthetic juvenile hormone analogue, was shown to have the capability of preventing the cigarette beetle Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) from...

The Efficacy of Kabat¯ as a Surface Spray on Oriental Tobacco Bales for Control of the Cigarette Beetle Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Published Online: Jan 06, 2015

Page range: 41 - 44

Received: Nov 05, 1985

Accepted: Jan 26, 1987

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0583

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