Tropicultura (Jan 2006)
Etude de la rémanence du triflumuron, inhibiteur de la synthèse de la chitine, selon la nature du tissu à l'égard de la mouche tsé-tsé Glossina palpalis gambiensis, dans une perspective de lutte autocide
Abstract
Study of Remanence of Triflumuron, Synthesis Inhibitor, According to the Nature of Cloth with Regard to Tsetse Fly Glossina palpalis gambiensis in View of Self-killed Fight. The objective of this study is to assess the persistence of triflumuron impregated at a dosis of 9,7 g.m-2 on blue cotton, polyester and polypropylene material in comparison with the reference material made of 67% polyester and 33% cotton used in the control of tsetse fly. Impregnated materials were exposed to field conditions during six months. One sample of each material was monthly taken and tsetse flies were exposed to it to assess the effects on the reproduction parameters of contaminated flies. Two types of contamination were evaluated: 20 days old females were contaminated by exposure to impregnated tissues while teneral females (3 days old) were contaminated through the mating with males contaminated like the old females. Measured parameters were: the abortions, the pupa production, the non viable pupa and the hatching. The results from the old females showed that impregnated polypropylene material significantly reduced the average of hatching rate during six months (1 1.4%) in comparison with impregnated reference material (15.14 21%), cotton material (14 25% ) and polyester one (21.5 34.3%). For young females the same tendencies were observed. During the six months period of investigation, triflumuron persistence was better on the polypropylene material than on the reference material for the control of tsetse flies by self sterilisation.
