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Efficacy of Maxforce and Avion gel baits containing fipronil, clothianidin, and indoxacarb against the German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

  • DAVARI, Behroz (Department of Medical Entomology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • KASHANI, Susan (Department of Medical Entomology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • NASIRIAN, Hassan (Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • NAZARI, Mansour (Department of Medical Entomology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • SALEHZADEH, Aref (Department of Medical Entomology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences)
  • Received : 2017.06.03
  • Accepted : 2017.11.07
  • Published : 2018.11.29
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Abstract

The present study evaluated the efficacy of Maxforce gel baits containing 0.01% fipronil (Maxforce), 0.05% fipronil (Maxforce Magnum), 1.0% clothianidin (Maxforce Impact), and 0.6% indoxacarb (Avion gel bait; all from Bayer Environmental Science, Clayton, CA, USA) against reference and wild strains (Mobasher, Andisheh, Tamin-e Ejtemaei, and Maskoni) of German cockroach collected in 2016. Test design and bait placement were according to World Health Organization (WHO) procedures for efficacy achieving a 95% mortality rate. Although cockroaches fed on all gel baits, gel baits containing clothianidin and indoxacarb were eaten at higher rates than gel baits containing 0.01% and 0.05% fipronil. The cumulative mortality rates reached 100% for all cockroach strains at 32, 28, 28 and 40 h after eating baits containing 0.01% fipronil, 0.05% fipronil, clothianidin, and indoxacarb, respectively. Efficacy (a 95% mortality rate) after exposure (consumption) of gel baits containing 0.05% fipronil and clothianidin was seen after 28 h, compared with 32 h for 0.01% fipronil and 40 h for indoxacarb. In conclusion, commercial gel baits have improved and may be more effective than spray formulations against German cockroaches.

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Supported by : Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

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