Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 560-562
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2002.560.562

Effects of the Gamma Radiations and Malathion on Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium confusum J. du Val

Abdurrahman Ayvaz, Fatma Ozturk, Kadir Yaray and Eray Karahacioglu

Abstract: In this study, effects of gamma radiations and malathion on the flour beetle, Tribolium confusum were studied. Survival of adults after irradiation was decreased with increasing dos of both irradiation and malathion treatment. In adult irradiation LD₅₀ and LD₉₉ values were estimated as 94.62 and 198.87 Gy, respectively. In malathion treatment LD₅₀ and LD₉₉ values were determined as 0.012 mg/cm² and 0.131 mg/cm² for adults.