<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Pesticides are one of the major sources of environmental toxicity and contamination. This study reports potential of lepidopteran insecticide formulation, named Flubendiamide, in altering compound eye architecture and bristle pattern orientation for four consecutive generations (P, F1, F2 and F3) in a non-target diptera, Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). The concentrations of the insecticide formulation selected for treatment of Drosophila (50 and 100 μg/mL) were in accordance with practiced Indian field doses (50 μg/mL for rice and 100 μg/mL for cotton). This study showed trans-generational insecticide-induced changes in the morphology of the compound eyes of the non-target insect D. melanogaster.</p></abstract>

Pesticides are one of the major sources of environmental toxicity and contamination. This study reports potential of lepidopteran insecticide formulation, named Flubendiamide, in altering compound eye architecture and bristle pattern orientation for four consecutive generations (P, F1, F2 and F3) in a non-target diptera, Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). The concentrations of the insecticide formulation selected for treatment of Drosophila (50 and 100 μg/mL) were in accordance with practiced Indian field doses (50 μg/mL for rice and 100 μg/mL for cotton). This study showed trans-generational insecticide-induced changes in the morphology of the compound eyes of the non-target insect D. melanogaster.

Flubendiamide induces transgenerational compound eye alterations in Drosophila melanogaster

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Pesticides are one of the major sources of environmental toxicity and contamination. This study reports potential of lepidopteran insecticide formulation,...

Flubendiamide induces transgenerational compound eye alterations in Drosophila melanogaster

Published Online: Mar 01, 2018

Page range: 142 - 147

Received: Mar 30, 2017

Accepted: Oct 22, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2017-0020

Keywords
Drosophila, compound eye, Flubendiamide, ommatidia

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Flubendiamide induces transgenerational compound eye alterations in Drosophila melanogaster

Published Online: Mar 01, 2018

Page range: 142 - 147

Received: Mar 30, 2017

Accepted: Oct 22, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2017-0020

KeywordsDrosophila, compound eye, Flubendiamide, ommatidia

© Interdisciplinary Toxicology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Drosophila, compound eye, Flubendiamide, ommatidia