Shao-Hung Lee, John So, Gregory S Kund, Jun-Yin Lum, Ethan Trinh, Emily L Ta, Rattanan Chungsawat, Dong-Hwan Choe, David L Cox, Michael K Rust, Chow-Yang Lee
Isocycloseram is a new insecticide in the isoxazoline class that targets insect GABA-gated chloride channels. In this study, we evaluated a cockroach gel bait formulation containing 1% isocycloseram against a susceptible strain (UCR) and 5 field-collected strains (WM, RG386, Ryan, CDR, and SY) of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), and compared it with several commercial insecticide baits in the laboratory. Using the Ebeling choice box method, we also tested a residual deposit of an SC formulation of isocycloseram against the UCR, RG386, and Ryan strains...
April 16, 2024: Journal of Economic Entomology