For the project, Riedel-Kruse, Elossain and lab members built three
BPUs, each holding six Petri dishes.
Dimilin (25% Wettable Powder), is a trade formulation of diflubenzuron (DFB) an IGR insecticide belonging to the benzoylphenyl urea derivatives (
BPU) which is considered as chitin synthesis inhibitors [5,24,25,26,40,41,42,43].
"Several of those safeguards are missing with
BPUs."
Ovicidal activity of
BPUs has been studied in many species, pest insects in particular.
During a meeting of its working committe on Wednesday (Dec.31), Bharatiya Patita Uddhar Sabha thanked P.K.Datta, a trustee of the Abhayadan Trust, for gifting the
BPUS a Rs.300,000 medical mobile van in April for the cause of sex workers, widows and destitute women.