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The acute toxicity of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-oxon (organophosphorothioate insecticides) was examined alone and in combination with atrazine (triazine herbicide) and alachlor (chloroacetanilide herbicide) to honey bees (Apis mellifera). Atrazine and alachlor were observed to not be acutely toxic to bees at doses up to 10 and 4 μg per bee, respectively. However, atrazine significantly increased chlorpyrifos toxicity by 3-fold while reducing chlorpyrifos-oxon toxicity by 1.8-fold. These changes in toxicity are correlated with significant 1.3- and 1.2-fold inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in bees exposed to chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-oxon, respectively. Atrazine significantly increased cytochrome P450, general esterase, and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities by 1.5-, 1.2-, and 1.2- fold respectively, in bees compared to untreated individuals. Alachlor increased chlorpyrifos toxicity by 2.5-fold but did not affect the toxicity of chlorpyrifos-oxon. Exposure to alachlor and chlorpyrifos did not affect AChE compared to chlorpyrifos alone. However, exposure to chlorpyrifos-oxon and alachlor significantly increased acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity by

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Author

Christopher J. Fellows; Troy D. Anderson; Daniel R. Swale

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)