Efficacy of commercial molluscicide formulations against the golden apple snail Pomacea canaliculata

Issue Date

3-2001

Abstract

Four commercial molluscicide formulations were re-evaluated for their efficacy on the golden apple snail (GAS), Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck), during the dry and wet seasons of 2000: niclosamid 250 EC, metaldehyde 75WP, metaldehyde 300 Fl, and metaldehyde 6% pellets. Field experiments in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines using microplot technique revealed that all commercial molluscicide formulations were effective against GAS, resulting in up to 69% mortality during the dry season and 90% during the wet. Efficacy lasted up to 3 days, after which there was zero mortality, except with metaldehyde 6% pellets which gave 4% mortality during the dry season.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly: The Philippine Agriculturist)

ISSN

0031-7454

Volume

84

Issue

1

Page

51-55

Document Type

Article

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Frequency

quarterly

Physical Description

tables; references

Language

English

Subject

Golden apple snail

En – AGROVOC descriptors

POMACEA CANALICULATA; MOLLUSCICIDES; PEST MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; SNAILS; TOTAL MORTALITY

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