A benzoylphenylurea insect growth regulator (IGR), with the proposed common name of noviflumuron, demonstrated excellent activity in laboratory bait ingestion trials against the German cockroach, with much higher potency and faster activity against nymphal cockroaches when compared to the benzoylphenylurea IGR, hexaflumuron. Results of laboratory trials presented in this poster show noviflumuron (formulated in a bait matrix) to be highly palatable and efficacious to nymphal cockroaches over a broad range of concentrations. In addition to direct nymphal kill (either through bait ingestion or secondary transfer) laboratory studies also indicate that noviflumuron can potentially impact cockroach populations by inhibiting production of viable oothecae in adult females. Results of recent public housing field trials (2000-2001) are also presented which demonstrate that noviflumuron formulated as a bait toxicant can provide long-term population reductions equivalent to current commercial standards.
Species 1: Blattaria Blattellidae Blattella germanica (German cockroach)
Keywords: insect growth regulator, chitin synthesis inhibitor
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