Tropicultura (Jan 1992)
Effet sur le coconnage du ver à soie en Italie du Nord-est provoqué par l'emploi du fenoxicarb sur des pommiers
Abstract
Action of fenoxicarb on "Non-spinning syndrome" of silkworms in North-Eastern Italy. In 1988 appeared in North-eastern part of Italy the "non-spinning syndrome" of silkworms. It has been experimentally prooved that the incapacity of the silkworm larvae to spin their cocoon and the mortality ofthe A. mellifera brood, were connected with the drift of an agricultural pesticide (Fenoxicarb) having juvenilizing action. The use of this product, commercialisedas INSEGAR®, has been forbidden in Italy since 1991. Fenoxicarb also showed a negative action on other useful insects. The utilisation of fenoxicarb can represent a serious danger for sericiculture, apiculture and general biodiversity in many developing countries.
