%0 Journal Article
%T Studying the Insecticidal Effect of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles on the  Periplaneta Americana
%A José A. Gutiérrez-Ramírez
%A Rebeca Betancourt-Galindo
%A Luis A. Aguirre-Uribe
%A Ernesto Cerna-Chávez
%A Alberto Sandoval-Rangel
%A Epifanio Castro-del Ángel
%A Julio C. Chacón-Hernández
%A Josué I. García-López
%A Agustín Hernández-Juárez
%J Entomology and Applied Science Letters
%@ 2349-2864
%D 2024
%V 11
%N 1
%R 10.51847/OUUOpwl7Er
%P 40-47
%X One of the important domestic insects that transmit many pathogens to the environment is the Periplaneta Americana. The control methods of this insect are often ineffective and have caused resistance in these insects. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of contact and feeding lethality of titanium nanoparticles on Periplaneta Americana. In this study, different concentrations of nanoparticles were prepared for oral and contact treatments of Periplaneta Americana. Periplaneta Americana was treated by contact and oral methods with different concentrations of titanium oxide nanoparticles with three repetitions. The average percentage of insect mortality in different groups was compared by one-way analysis of variance and Duncan's test. Also, the average percentage of insect mortality on different days in each group was compared by analysis of variance with repeated observations. Oral treatment of Periplaneta Americana was more effective than contact treatment in concentrations of 15 and 21 percent on all days, but contact treatment was more effective than oral treatment on all days except the seventh day at a concentration of 25 percent. In general, oral treatment was more effective than contact treatment. With increasing doses and the passage of time, the mortality percentage of Periplaneta Americana due to contact and oral treatment with titanium dioxide nanoparticles increased significantly. According to the obtained results, the use of different nanoparticles, including titanium dioxide nanoparticles, can create a significant effect in controlling the Periplaneta Americana as a new method along with the previous methods.
%U https://easletters.com/article/studying-the-insecticidal-effect-of-titanium-oxide-nanoparticles-on-the-periplaneta-americana-9fdqdyexaoodmpl