Table 1 Insecticide residues in the field enclosures

From: Neonicotinoid insecticides can pose a severe threat to grassland plant bug communities

 

Treatment

Amount day 7 [ng/g]

Amount day 17 [ng/g]

Amount day 30 [ng/g]

Amount day 60 [ng/g]

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Acetamiprid

100%

865

±628

118

±66

219

±135

0

Acetamiprid-N-desmethyl

100%

497

±175

119

±52

81

±47

0

Acetamiprid

30%

255

±111

46

±34

1

±3

0

Acetamiprid-N-desmethyl

30%

157

±16

59

±51

0

0

  1. Mean concentrations of acetamiprid and the metabolite acetamiprid-N-desmethyl (±SD) per gram dry mass of plant tissue sampled inside the 100% and 30% field enclosures (LC-MS) after application of Mospilan®SG in the field experiment. Numbers are rounded, n = 5 for each treatment and substance.