Comparative evaluation of some commercial spray-applied insecticides as control method against Blatta orientalis
Betina Boneva - Marutsova
, Plamen Dimitrov Marutsov, Georgi Zhelev Georgiev
Abstract: Cockroaches are globally distributed pests with high epidemic importance. Their role as spreaders of many infectious and parasitic diseases in animals and humans determines disinsection as the main anti-epidemic measure. The present study compared the effectiveness of spray application of different commercial insecticides against a field population of oriental cockroaches (B. orientalis) under laboratory conditions. A very high efficiency of fipronil (100% mortality) was found as early as 37-48 hours after treatment and a high efficiency of synthetic pyrethroids - 95-97% mortality at 49-60 hours. With the organophosphate derivatives (Dichlorvos) low mortality (37%) and unsatisfactory efficiency was achieved. The obtained results confirm the insecticides from the phenylpyrazole group and the synthetic pyrethroids, in spray-applied forms, as an effective method of fighting the oriental cockroach.
Keywords: insecticides; organophosphates; Oriental cockroach; phenylpyrazoles; pyrethroids; spray method
Citation: Boneva - M., B., Marutsov, P. D. and Georgiev, G. Zh. (2024). Comparative evaluation of some commercial spray-applied insecticides as control method against Blatta orientalis. Bulgarian Journal of Animal Husbandry, 61(1), 55-62.
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