Tob. Sci., 1983, 27-24, p. 87-91, ISSN. 0082-4523
Laboratory and field studies on the effectiveness and persistence of some insecticides used to control the tomato hornworm
Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
In laboratory tests, most insecticides tested, including acephate, carbaryl, methomyl, and trichlorfon were only moderately toxic by direct contact to 3rd-instar tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth). Pyrethroid insecticides were highly...