Synthesis of chitosan/silica/fipronil nanoparticles and its effect on termite Microcerotermes gabrielis W. for sustained release

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

V. Derakhsh Ahmadi ¹ , Z. Rafiei-karahroudi ² , Shila Goldasteh ³ , Elham Sanatgar ⁴ , B. Heidary Alizadeh ⁵

1 - Department of Entomology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Entomology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
3 - Department of Entomology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
4 - Department of Entomology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
5 - Department of Pesticides, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection,Tehran, Iran

Received: 2017-12-01 Accepted : 2018-04-26 Published : 2018-05-22

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Abstract :

Today, Water base nanopesticides with small size can help to over comes the low solubility of pesticides to control pest in agriculture. In this paper, an oil-core silica/ polymer/ fipronil shell nanoparticles was prepared for insecticidal activity of fipronil in vitro was tested against termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitidae)), which, the result of the biological activity showed the effectiveness of fipronil nanparticles during 72 h at 15 ppm and make tunneable activity of fipronil insecticide.