Abstract
AbstractDiflubenzuron, topically applied (0·5 μg insect−‐1) to Cydia pomonella (L.) at pupal ecdysis disturbed growth and development of oocytes. It delayed the adult ecdysis and caused a decrease in both thickness of the follicular epithelium and the size of the basal oocyte during the pupal development. On the other hand, the size of basal oocytes, the protein content per ovary and the number of oocytes per ovary recorded in newly emerged adults were significantly reduced after diflubenzuron treatment.These results, together with observations in several other species, indicate that the reduction in fecundity and egg viability is probably due to interference of diflubenzuron with the vitellogenesis process.
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