Toxicity and Bio-Efficacy of Indole-3-Acetic Acid, A Plant Growth Regulator, Against the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 11, Volume 14, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 173-190 PDF (664.91 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2021.185451 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abo Elsoud, A. A.1; Karem Ghoneim2; Hamadah, Kh.1; El-Hela, A.3 | ||
| 1Departmentof Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella L. is a dangerous pest for the apiculture industry in the world. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the insecticidal activity of the auxin plant growth regulator, Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), against G. mellonella and its effect on the growth, development, metamorphosis and morphogenesis of this insect pest. The 3rd instar larvae were force-fed on an artificial diet supplemented with six concentrations, viz., 100, 10.0, 1.0, 0.1, 0.01 & 0.001ppm of IAA. The most important results could be summarized as follows. IAA exhibited the strongest acute toxicity on larvae at the higher two concentrations. At other concentrations, various degrees of toxicity on larvae were found in a dose-dependent course. No pupae or adults were produced at the higher two concentrations. IAA failed to display chronic toxicity on the developed pupae. All emerged adults died at 1.00ppm of IAA but no adult mortality was observed at the three lower concentrations. LC50 value was calculated in 0.24 ppm. IAA enhanced the treated larvae to grow with increasing weight gain. Also, it promoted the treated larvae, since the growth rate increased with the increasing concentration. IAA exhibited a retarding effect on the pupation, only at the higher two concentrations. The larval and pupal durations were significantly prolonged, in a dose-dependent manner. On the other hand, IAA failed to disturb the hormonal regulation of the development program, since no intermediate creatures were produced. Also, it failed to disrupt the pupal morphogenesis, since no pupal deformities had been observed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Adult; auxin; insecticidal activity; larva; metamorphosis; morphogenesis; pupation; toxicity | ||
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