Assessment of some new pesticides as molluscicides against the adult and eggs of chocolate banded snail, Eobania vermiculata

• Main Authors: Mona A. Hussein, Al-Kazafy H. Sabry
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
• Series: Bulletin of the National Research Centre
• Subjects: Land snails; Eobania vermiculata; Indoxacarb; Abamectin; Spiromesifen; Imidacloprid and fipronil
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42269-019-0118-6

Abstract Background Land snails, especially the chocolate banded snails, Eobania vermiculata are destructive pests of a wide range of field and vegetable crops. New pesticides in different pesticides groups were used against the adults and eggs of chocolate banded snail, E. vermiculata under laboratory conditions. These pesticides include indoxacarb, abamectin, and spiromesifen. Other two pesticides were used against the eggs as ovicides. These two pesticides are imidacloprid and fipronil. Results The obtained results showed that indoxacarb was the most effective against the adults of E. vermiculata followed by abamectin and spiromesifen. The LC50’s were 58.6, 83.3, and 280.9 ppm, respectively. On the other hand, the recommended field rate of both fipronil and imidacloprid sharply decreased the hatchability percentage to 22.7 and 16.2%, respectively, compared with 96.3% in control. Conclusion These results cleared that indoxacarb and abamectin can be used as promising molluscicides against the adults of E. vermiculata especially in the conventional crops such as wheat and imidacloprid and fipronil can be used as soil treatment against the eggs of E. vermiculata.