Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회지)

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Assessment of Contact and Oral Toxicity of Four Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

네오니코티노이드계 4종 농약의 서양뒤영벌 급성 접촉 및 섭식 독성평가

  • Kim, Areumnuri (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Boseon (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Chon, Kyongmi (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Lee, Hwan (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Park, Yeon-Ki (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • You, Are-Sun (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Park, Hong-Hyun (Chemical Safety division, Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Yun, Hyeong-Ju (Industrial Insect Division, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
  • 김아름누리 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 김보선 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 전경미 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 이환 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 박연기 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 유아선 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 박홍현 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농산물안전성부 화학물질안전과) ;
  • 윤형주 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생물부 곤충산업과)
  • Received : 2020.05.09
  • Accepted : 2020.06.09
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bumblebees have been shown to be very effective pollinators for most greenhouse tomatoes. Neonicotinoid insecticides are one of the most widely used pesticides in tomato crops in Korea. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study was carried out to investigate the toxicity of four neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) to bumblebees based on the OECD guidelines (No.246, 247). The 48 hr LD50 (㎍ a.i. /bumblebee) values in the acute contact toxicity tests were determined as follows: clothianidin, 0.467; dinotefuran, 3.741; imidacloprid, 3.967; and thiamethoxam, 0.747. The 48 hr LD50 values in the acute oral toxicity tests were determined as follows: clothianidin, 0.005; dinotefuran, 0.056; imidacloprid, 0.325; and thiamethoxam, 0.018. The acute contact and oral toxicity of the test insecticides to bumblebees from most to least toxic was clothianidin > thiamethoxam > dinotefuran > imidacloprid. CONCLUSION: This study provided the basic toxicological data of neonicotinoid insecticides for bumblebees. In the near future, acute toxicity and mixture toxicity of other pesticides to bumblebees could be determined using this method.

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