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Abstract

The variation in the efficacy of pirimiphos-methyl, neem, sesame, castor and soybean oil either alone against the adults of CTC-12, pH-1, Kano and Black strains of Tribolium castaneum Herbst and in combination of four ratios of pirimiphos-methyl and oil 11, 12, 15, 110 against CTC-12 strain of the beetle was evaluated by film residue method. The results showed that the LD50 of pirimiphos-methyl was 0.304, 0.355, 0.264 and 0.317 g cm -2 for CTC-12, PH-1, Kano and Black strains, respectively. The same value was 56.58, 23.07, 26.70 and 35.60 g cm -2 from neem oil 11.71, 2.89, 44.71 and 7.97 g cm -2 for sesame oil 14.85, 9.48, 42.97 and 23.40 g cm -2 for castor oil and 19.86, 20.95, 22.96 and 67.27 g cm -2 for soybean oil in the same order of strains, respectively. All oils proved additive when combined with pirimiphos-methyl except neem and soybean oils which showed an antagonistic effect against the CTC-12 strain of T. castaneum at 11 ratio. The maximum synergism of pirimiphos-methyl was observed at 110 ratio having the highest co-toxicity coefficient value for neem oil 4908.53 followed by sesame oil 434.11, castor oil 295.24 and soybean oil 232.93.