El Aalaoui, M., Bouharroud, R., El Bouhssini, M., & Sbaghi, M. 2020 Toxicity of Insecticides to the Coccoinellid Predators of Prickly Pear Cacti Pest Dactylopius opuntiae (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae): Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant and Hyperaspis campestris. Journal of Critical Reviews 7(11): 983-987

Keywords:

  • control
  • natural enemies
  • Notes: Laboratory experiments were carried out to assess the relative toxicity of insecticides viz., mineral oil (780 g/l), malathion (500 g/l), pyriproxyfen (100 g/l), azadirachtin (45 g/l), potassium salts of fatty acid (500 g/l), chlorpyriphos-methyl (480 g/l), sulfoxaflor (240 g/l), spinosad (480 g/l), d-limonene (60 g/l) and potassium salts of fatty acid (C7-C18) (500 g/l) against the non-target beneficials of prickly pear cacti pest Dactylopius opuntiae.