chemosterilant

(kē″mō-stĕr′ĭ-lănt)

1. A chemical that kills microorganisms.

2. A chemical that causes sterility, usually of the male, in organisms such as insects.

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Larvicidal and chemosterilant activity of the acetone fraction of petroleum ether extract from Argemone mexicana L.

Effects of ethanolic extracts of Argemone ochroleuca (Papaveraceae) on the food consumption and development of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Mill.) Chouard) (bluebells, Spanish bluebells, Spanish squill) Hydnora johannis Acaricide Beccari Hyparrhenia rufa Weak toxic/repellent (jaragua grass) Hyptis verticillata Chemosterilant that inhibits oviposition and egg hatching Impatiens Acaricide stuhlmannii Warb.

Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks

Larvicidal and chemosterilant activity of Annona squamosa alkaloids against Anopheles stephensi.

Insecticidal potential of the Annonaceae family plants/ Potencial inseticida de plantas da familia Annonaceae

Sterculia foetida Chemosterilant in female housefly.

A review on potentiality of medicinal plants as the source of new contraceptive principles. (Review)

Further investigations are necessary to separate active compounds present in the promising extracts through partitioning these extracts by chromatographic techniques and to study their chemosterilant, neurotoxic and genotoxic effects.

Effect of Leaf Extracts of some Indigenous Plants on Settling and Oviposition Responses of Peach Fruit Fly, Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Adopting chemosterilant CS in field control against the longicorm, Anoplophora glabripennis.

Chemical Ecology of Asian Long Horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) - A Review

They also have chemosterilant activity when females are exposed to them (Heller et al., 1992).

Biological Activity of Insect Growth Regulators, Pyriproxyfen, Lufenuron and Methoxyfenozide against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)

Among them use of chemosterilants, biocides, allele chemicals, insect growth regulators and plant origin substances are growing up [9-10].

Toxicity and Effects of Nimolcine (Neem Compound) and Acorus calamus on Cholinesterase Enzyme of Callosobruchus analis in Comparison with Chemical Pesticides

As a consequence, some authors have even proposed the use of certain PGRs as successful chemosterilants against insect pests (Kaur and Rup, 2002; Paulson et al., 2005; Abdellaoui et al., 2013).

Influence of Gibberellic Acid on the Hemolymph Content of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae