Abstract |
A laboratory bioassay was developed to determine both the chemical toxicity and the phototoxicity of the xanthene dye, phloxine B (D&C Red No 28), to the immature stages of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Certitis capitata (Wiedemann). An additional goal was to find out which main tissues are affected first. A low, but significant, level of toxicity was observed when the insects were maintained in the dark: at the point of adult ecdysis, the LC50 was 11.03 mM. As expected, after 8-h exposure of late larva III to light, a high level of mortality was produced (LC50 at ecdysis: 0.45 mM) as a dose-dependent function of dye concentration. At sublethal concentrations of the dye, the surviving insects showed a number of physiological abnormalities. Phloxine B appeared to mainly affect the larval longitudinal muscles as well as the abdominal muscles of ecdysing adults, giving rise to abnormal puparia and failed adult ecdysis, respectively. Moreover, a significant phloxine B-dependent delay in the jumping of surviving larvae for dispersal was documented. This could be attributed to a delay in attaining a threshold weight for jumping and/or to abnormalities in neuromuscular coordination, thus reinforcing the idea of pleiotropic effects of the dye.
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Authors | Jimena Berni, Alejandro Rabossi, Luis A Quesada-Allué |
Journal | Journal of economic entomology
(J Econ Entomol)
Vol. 96
Issue 3
Pg. 662-8
(Jun 2003)
ISSN: 0022-0493 [Print] England |
PMID | 12852602
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Ceratitis capitata
(drug effects, growth & development)
- Darkness
- Eosine I Bluish
(toxicity)
- Larva
(drug effects, physiology)
- Lethal Dose 50
- Life Cycle Stages
(drug effects)
- Light
- Motor Activity
(drug effects)
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