INVESTIGADORES
BUTELER micaela
artículos
Título:
Modes of entry of petroleum distilled spray-oils into insects: a review
Autor/es:
STADLER, T.; BUTELER, M.
Revista:
Bulletin of insectology
Editorial:
Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTA), Entomology, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University,
Referencias:
Lugar: Bologna, Italy; Año: 2009
Resumen:
Petroleum oils are some of the oldest and safest pesticides in use. In spite of the numerous improvements achieved in oil technology,the mode of entry and the insecticide action mechanism of these products have been the subject of considerable debate andconjecture over many years. The literature reviewed suggests that insecticide oils can penetrate the insect body through the integumentas well as through the tracheal system. Suffocation by spiracle blockage was held as the most accepted theory on itsmode of action. However, an in depth analysis of the interaction between oils and insects body surface from a physical perspectivesuggests that suffocation occurs only when insects are over-sprayed or dipped in oil. Based on this analysis, it is more likely thatwhen petroleum oils contact the insect surface, capillary forces and complex physical interactions take place in the cuticular layer,which lead to differences in the melting point and permeability of cuticle waxes. This in turn, alters the waterproofing propertiesof the cuticle and also leads to penetration of spray oils that can be carried to different lipophilic tissues. The changes in the cuticlecaused by oils, which range from changes in melting point of the cuticular wax layer up to cuticle dewaxing, strongly suggestcuticular penetration as the foremost mode of entry of insecticide oils.