18.221.42.164
18.221.42.164
close menu
KCI 등재
Do neonicotinoid insecticides impaired olfactory learning behavior in Apis mellifera?
( Muhammad Imran ) , ( Umer Ayyaz Aslam Sheikh ) , ( Muhammad Nasir ) , ( Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar ) , ( Ansa Tamkeen ) , ( Muhammad Aamir Iqbal )
UCI I410-ECN-0102-2019-400-001360273

Bee’s population is declining and disappearing at alarming rate. There are many factors responsible for declining the population of bees including diseases, natural enemies, environmental conditions and pesticides. Insecticides play its role dramatically for their population decline and neonicotinoid insecticides are critically important due to their wide application for pest control. Keeping in view of above problem, effect of neonicotinoid insecticides on olfactory learning behavior in Apis mellifera was observed using Proboscis Extension Reflex (PER) method. In this method, bees were harnessed in centrifuges tubes and feed on insecticides mixed sugar solution after three hours hunger. Bees were checked by feeding on non-treated sugar solution to observe PER response. Minimum proboscis extension was observed for acetamiprid and imidacloprid with 26% and 20% respectively at their recommend field doses while it was maximum for dinotefuran and thiamethoxam with 73% and 60% respectively. Only 40% bees showed response when exposed at 1/10 concentration of field dose for imidacloprid and the least at 11/00 of field dose. At control (Sugar solution) about 90% bees showed PER response. Among these neonicotinoid insecticides tested, imidacloprid and acetamiprid were the most damaging which impaired the olfactory learning performance in Apis mellifera

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Authors’ Contributions
References
[자료제공 : 네이버학술정보]
×