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1 February 2012 The Joint Toxicity of Type I, II, and Nonester Pyrethroid Insecticides
Jerome J. Schleier, Robert K. D. Peterson
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Abstract

Evidence suggests that there are separate binding domains for type I and II pyrethroid insecticides on the voltage gated sodium channel of the nerve cell axon, but there are no studies that have examined the mixture toxicity of nonester pyrethroids and type I and II pyrethroids. Therefore, we examined the effect of nonester pyrethroid (etofenprox), type I (permethrin), and type II (cypermethrin) pyrethroid insecticides alone and in all combinations to Drosophila melanogaster Meigen. The combination of permethrin etofenprox and permethrin cypermethrin demonstrated antagonistic toxicity, while the combination of cypermethrin etofenprox demonstrated synergistic toxicity. The mixture of permethrin cypermethrin etofenprox demonstrated additive toxicity. The toxicity of permethrin cypermethrin was significantly lower than the toxicity of cypermethrin alone, but the combination was not significantly different from permethrin alone. The toxicity of permethrin cypermethrin etofenprox was significantly greater than the toxicity of both permethrin and etofenprox alone, but it was significantly lower than cypermethrin alone. The mixture of permethrin and etofenprox was significantly less toxic than permethrin. The explanation for the decreased toxicity observed is most likely because of the competitive binding at the voltage-gated sodium channel, which is supported by physiological and biochemical studies of pyrethroids. Our results demonstrate that the assumption that the mixture toxicity of pyrethroids would be additive is not adequate for modeling the mixture toxicity of pyrethroids to insects.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Jerome J. Schleier and Robert K. D. Peterson "The Joint Toxicity of Type I, II, and Nonester Pyrethroid Insecticides," Journal of Economic Entomology 105(1), 85-91, (1 February 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC11267
Received: 11 August 2011; Accepted: 1 October 2011; Published: 1 February 2012
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KEYWORDS
antagonism
cumulative exposure
ecotoxicology
mixture toxicity
pesticide
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