Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2003) 17, 158-164

V. Corbel, F. Chandre, F. Darriet, F. Lardeux and J-M. Hougard (2003)
Synergism between permethrin and propoxur against Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito larvae
Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17 (2), 158-164
Abstract: To see if synergism occurs between carbamate and pyrethroid insecticides, we tested permethrin and propoxur as representatives of these two classes of compounds used for mosquito control. Larvicidal activity of both insecticides was assessed separately and together on a susceptible strain of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) by two methods. When mixed at a constant ratio (permethrin : propoxur 1 : 60 based on LC₅₀) and tested at serial concentrations to plot dose/mortality regression, significant synergy occurred between them (co-toxicity coefficient = 2.2), not just an additive effect. For example, when the mixture gave 50% mortality, the same concentrations of permethrin and propoxur alone would have given merely 2 x 1% mortality. When a sublethal dose (LC₀) of permethrin or propoxur was added to the other (range LC₁₀-LC₉₅), synergism occurred up to the LC₈₀ level. Synergistic effects were attributed to the complementary modes of action by these two insecticide classes acting on different components of nerve impulse transmission. Apart from raising new possibilities for Culex control, it seems appropriate to consider using such mixtures or combinations for insecticide-treated mosquito nets in situations with insecticide-resistant Anopheles malaria vectors.
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Database assignments for author(s): Vincent Corbel, Fabrice Chandre, Frédéric J.R. Lardeux, Frederic Darriet, Jean-Marc Hougard

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex quinquefasciatus