• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2019

Bee's population is declining and disappearing at alarming rate. There are many factors responsible for declining the population of bees including diseases, natural enemies, environmental conditions and pesticides. Insecticides play its role dramatically for their population decline and neonicotinoid insecticides are critically important due to their wide application for pest control. Keeping in view of above problem, effect of neonicotinoid insecticides on olfactory learning behavior in Apis mellifera was observed using Proboscis Extension Reflex (PER) method. In this method, bees were harnessed in centrifuges tubes and feed on insecticides mixed sugar solution after three hours hunger. Bees were checked by feeding on non-treated sugar solution to observe PER response. Minimum proboscis extension was observed for acetamiprid and imidacloprid with 26% and 20% respectively at their recommend field doses while it was maximum for dinotefuran and thiamethoxam with 73% and 60% respectively. Only 40% bees showed response when exposed at 1/10 concentration of field dose for imidacloprid and the least at 1/100 of field dose. At control (Sugar solution) about 90% bees showed PER response. Among these neonicotinoid insecticides tested, imidacloprid and acetamiprid were the most damaging which impaired the olfactory learning performance in Apis mellifera.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2020

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.

• 한국양봉학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2017

Avoidance behavior is an important life history strategy to survive hazardous environment. The experiment was conducted to detect the avoidance tendency of the honeybee Apis mellifera against commonly used pesticides in apple production. Choice test given only 50% sucrose solution and pesticide-mixed sucrose solution as food estimated the avoidance in laboratory. Most of the acaricides and fungicides tested were shown avoided. Among insecticides, honeybee showed strong avoidance to cyhexatine, carbosulfan and fenpyroximate but low to diflubenzuron, tebufenpyrad, and acrinathrin. Avoidance behavior to neonicotinoid insecticides showed bifurcated; highly avoided from thiacloprid, acetamiprid while less avoided from imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and dinotefuran. From the field study, abamectin, fenthion, amitraz and acequinocyl showed highly avoided while fungicide of fenarimol, acaricides of acrinathrin and phosphamidon, IGR insecticide of diflubenzuron, neonicotinoid insecticide of imidacloprid, and carbamate insecticide of carbaryl showed less avoidance in the field. These results partly explained high bee poisoning from carbaryl in apple flowering period, and neonicotinoids during season.

• 한국양봉학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.305-313
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• 2019

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forage in agricultural areas, and are exposed to diverse pesticide poisoning. Toxic effects on Apis mellifera of different groups of pesticides were tested in the laboratory; fungicide (Metconazole), herbicide (Glyphosate), acaricide (Amitraz), organophosphate insecticide(Fenitrothion) and neonicotinoid insecticides(Thiacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Imidacloprid, Acetamiprid, Dinotefuran and Clothianidin). Commercial formulations were serially diluted from the recommended concentration (RC) to 10-6 times to carry out feeding and contact tests. Toxicity was transformed into lethal dose (LD50) and hazard question (HQ). The acute toxicity of pesticides showed similar patterns between feeding and contact tests. But feeding tests showed greater toxic to honey bee than contact test. The organophosphate and nitro-neonicotinoid insecticides were highly toxic with HQ values ranging greater than 1. However, cyano-neonicotinoids of Thiacloprid and Acetamiprid showed low toxicity. Even at the RC, 24 hr mortalities were 18 and 30%. The acaricide (Amitraz) showed intermediate level of toxicity at RC but negligible at the concentration lower than 10-1 times. A fungicide(Metconazole) and herbicide(Glyphosate) showed minimal impacts. The results imply that the selective use of pesticides could help conservation of pollinators in agricultural production systems.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.519-528
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• 2022

시설재배지 고추를 가해하는 꽃노랑총채벌레(Frankliniella occidentalis)를 대상으로 미끌애꽃노린재(Orius laevigatus)를 이용한 생물적 방제가 검토되고 있다. 그러나 대상 해충의 빠른 집단 성장은 화학 살충제의 투입이 때에 따라 요구된다. 본 연구는 화학 살충제와 천적의 이상적 종합 방제를 구현하기 위한 목적으로 선택성이 높은 살충제 선발 및 이들 살충제 처리 이후 미끌애꽃노린재의 안전한 재투입 시기를 결정하기 위해 수행되었다. 첫째로 꽃노랑총채벌레에 방제 효과가 높은 상용 살충제가 선발되었다. 총 17종류의 상용 살충제 가운데 5종류(pyriproxyfen+spinetoram, abamectin, spinosad, acetamiprid, chlorpyrifos) 주성분을 갖는 상용 살충제가 꽃노랑총채벌레에 우수한 방제효과를 주는 약제로 선발되었다. 이들 5종류의 살충제에 대해서 미끌애꽃노린재의 감수성 반응은 꽃노랑총채벌레와 상이하였다. 특별히 아바멕틴과 스피네토람이 유기인계 또는 네오니코티노이드에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 독성을 보였다. 이들 5종류의 살충제 처리 이후 잔류 독성을 미끌애꽃노린재를 이용하여 생물검정한 결과 유기인계 및 네오니코티노이드 약제는 비교적 오랜 기간 독성을 유지하지만, 아바멕틴과 스피네토람 약제의 경우 3일 이후에는 대상 천적에 피해를 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 잔류독성결과는 LC-MS/MS를 이용한 농약 잔류량 화학분석을 통해 뒷받침되었다. 이상의 결과는 높은 밀도로 증가한 꽃노랑총채벌레에 대해서 이 해충에 살충성이 높은 아바멕틴 또는 스피네토람의 약제를 살포하고 이후 3일 지나 미끌애꽃노린재의 투입을 통해 대상 해충의 평균 밀도를 경제적피해수준 이하로 유지할 수 있다는 종합방제 기술을 제시하고 있다.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2010

Purpose: Neonicotinoid insecticides are widely used as they have been proven by experimental studies to have low toxicity to mammals, including humans. As the use of neonicotioids increases, the number of patients with neonicotinoid poisoning has also increased. We conducted a study to investigate the clinical manifestations of neonicotinid poisoning. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the patients who ingested neonicotinids and who visited the emergency department located in Korea from March 2002 to February 2010. We reviewed the patients' age, gender, the amount of exposure, the elapsed time to presentation, the treatment and the outcome. According to the poisoning severity score, we divided the patients with a Poisoning severity score (PSS) of 0 or 1 into the mild/moderate toxicity group and the patients with a PSS of 2 or 3 into the severe/fatal toxicity group. Results: A total of 24 patients were analyzed. The most common clinical manifestations of neonicotinoid insecticide toxicity were gastrointestinal symptoms (66.7%) such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain and the others are respiratory symptoms (16.7%), cardiovascular symptoms (12.5%), metabolic imbalance (12.5%), renal dysfunction (8.3%), CNS symptoms (8.3%), and asymptomatic (29.2%). Twenty patients (83.3%) showed mild/moderate toxicity and 4 patients (16.7%) showed fatal conditions such as shock and mutiorgan failure. The mortality rate was 4.2%. In these fatal cases, the patients developed respiratory failure, hypotension, altered mentality and renal failure at the acute stage and they deteriorated to a more serious condition. This severe toxicity was caused by decreased renal excretion of neonicotinid metabolite, and this was improved after hemodialysis. Conclusion: Most patients with neonicotinoid poisoning and who showed mild toxicity usually improved after symptomatic treatment. However, some patients showed significant toxicity with respiratory failure and renal function deterioration, and intensive care needed, including mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2023

Plant-derived insecticide-neonicotinoid insecticides (NIs) played a crucial role in the development of agriculture and food industry in recent years. Nevertheless, synthesis of these nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds with an effective and greener routing remains challenging especially to the notion raise of "green chemistry" and "atom economy". While bio-catalyzed methods mediated by nicotinate dehydrogenase (NDHase) then provide an alternative. The current review mainly focuses on the introduction of sources, components, structure, catalytic mechanism and applications of NDHase. Specifically, NDHase is known as nicotinic acid hydroxylase and the sources principally derived from phylum Proteobacteria. In addition, NDHase requires the participation of the electron respiratory chain system on the cell membrane. And the most important components of the electron respiratory chain are hydrogen carrier, which is mainly composed of iron-sulfur proteins (Fe-S), flavin dehydrogenase (FAD), molybdenum binding protein and cytochromes. Heterologous expression studies were hampered by the plasmid and host with high efficiency and currently only Pseudomonas entomophila L48 as well as Comamonas testosterone was successfully utilized for the expression of NDHase. Furthermore, it is speculated that the conjugate and inductive effects of the substituent group at position 3 of the substrate pyridine ring exerts a critical role in the hydroxylation reactions at position 6 concerning about the substrate molecular recognition mechanism. Finally, applications of NDHase are addressed in terms of pesticide industry and wastewater treatment. On conclusion, this critical review would not only deepen our understanding of the theory about NDHase, but also provides the guideline for future investigation of NDHase.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2011

본 연구는 QuEChERS 방법에 기초한 EN15662 buffer 및 dSPE, UPLC-MS/MS플 활용하여 경남지역에서 생산되는 대일 수출용 파프리카 내 neonicotinoid계 농약성분의 잔류성 실태 조사를 위하여 수행하였다. 6종의 neonicotinoid계 농약의 회수율 및 변이계수는 0.05 및 0.5 mg/kg 수준에서 각각 84.0~92.7(${\pm}0.0{\sim}3.8%$)과 95.1~98.9%(${\pm}0.9{\sim}5.2%$)로 나타났다. 분석에 사용된 95시료 중 90.3%에서 농약성분이 검출되었으며, 82.3%에서 2종이상의 농약성분이 검출되었다. 검출된 농약의 농도는 0.01~1.63 mg/kg으로 나타났고, 농약성분 중 dinotefuran 및 imidacloprid가 78.1 및 65.6%의 빈도를 보였다. 6종의 농약 중 thiacloprid가 8.3%로 분석된 농약 중 가장 낮은 빈도를 나타내었다. 그러나 검출된 농약의 경우 모두 한국 및 일본의 잔류허용기준을 초과하지 않는 것으로 나타나, 경남지역 생산 대일 수출용 파프리카의 경우 neonicotinoid 계 농약에 대한 사용이 안전한 수준으로 잘 관리되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2000

본 연구는 담배가루이(Bemisia tabaci, B. biotype)의 방제약제를 선발하는 목적으로 시판되고 있는 43종의 살충제에 대한 발육단계별 감수성을 조사하고, 침투이행성, 잔효성 및 방제효과를 평가하였다. 모든 시험은 살충제의 추천농도(ppm)로 수행하였다. 알에 대해서는 IGR계인 pyriproxyfen과 kiflubenzuron이 95%이상의 부화억제효과를 나타내었다. 3령약충에 대해서는 abamectin, acetamiprid, imidacloprid, pyriproxyfen, acetamiprid+ethofenprox이 95%이상의 살충효과를 나타내었다. 그리고 성충에 대해서는 유기인계의 diazinon, fenitrothion, methidathion, pirimiphos-methyl, neonicotinoid계의 acetamiprid, imidacloprid, 혼합제의 acetamiprid+ethofenprox, cartap hydrochloride+buprofezin, fenpropathrin+fenitrothion 기타 abamectin, endosulfan, pymetrozine, spinosad 등이 높은 살충율을 나타내었다. Abamectin, acetamiprid, imidacloprid, pyriproxyfen, acetamiprid+ethofenprox은 성충에 대해서 잔효 성뿐만아니라 침투이행성효과도 나타내었다. 방제효과시험에서 abamectin, acetamiprid, imidacloprid, acetamiprid+ethofenprox 은 처리후 1일째, pyriproxyfen은 처리후 7일째부터 90%이상의 방제효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과에서, abamectin, acetamiprid, imidacloprid, pyriproxyfen, acetamiprid+ethofenprox은 담배가루이의 방제에 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.517-524
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• 2018

국내 시설 오이재배지에서 총채벌레류 방제를 위해 황색끈끈이트랩을 이용한 밀도 조사 및 생물검정을 통해 효율적 약제를 선발하였다. 총채벌레류 밀도 조사는 천안시 병천면 오이 시설재배지에서 2018년 4월 01일부터 8월 14일까지 약 3개월간 실시하였고, 그 결과 오이에 발생하는 총채벌레류는 꽃노랑총채벌레 (Frankliniella occidentalis), 대만총채벌레(F. intonsa), 오이총채벌레(Thrips palmi), 파총채벌레(T. tabaci), 볼록총채벌레 (Scirtothrips dorsalis), 좀머리총채벌레(Microcephalothrips abdominalis), 미나리총채벌레(T. nigropilosus) 등 총 7종이었고, 가장 많은 발생량을 보인 종은 꽃노랑총채벌레로 나타났다. 꽃노랑총채벌레의 약제저항성 발달을 알아보기 위해 10종 약제에 대하여 판별농도 (discriminating concentration; DC), 추천농도 (recommended concentration; RC), 배량농도 ($2{\times}$recommended concentration; $2{\times}RC$)를 설정하고 엽침지법을 이용하여 지역계통별 생물검정을 실시하였다. 생물검정 결과 emamectin benzoate EC (RC, $10.8{\mu}L\;L^{-1}$), chlorfenapyr EC (RC, $50.0{\mu}L\;L^{-1}$), spinetoram SC (RC, $25.0mg\;L^{-1}$), spinosad SC (RC, $50.0mg\;L^{-1}$)는 추천농도에서 90% 이상의 살충활성을 보였으나, cyantraniliprole EC(RC, $50.0{\mu}L\;L^{-1}$)과 neonicotinoid계통 4종 약제는 추천농도에서 모든 지역계통의 살충활성이 80% 미만이었고, cyantraniliprole EC는 배량농도에서 95% 이상의 살충활성을 보인 반면 neonicotinoid계통은 배량농도에서 다양한 살충활성을 보였다.