Abstract:Based on increasing resistance of stored grain insect pest to chemicals and decreasing fumigants, the effects of ethyl formate (EtF) on eggs, early larvae, late larvae, pupae and adults of Sitophilus oryzae were systematically studied with the sealed jar fumigation method under different conditions. The corresponding corrected mortalities of adults were 90.541% and 99.324% with 40 and 45 μL/L EtF dosage and 12 h fumigation under 25 ℃. Under the conditions of 24 h fumigation with 30 μL/L dosage at 19, 25, and 31 ℃, the adult corrected mortalities were 83.108%, 62% and 42%, respectively. These results indicated that the EtF killed the adult weevils in a very short time period, and the fumigation efficacy at relatively lower temperature was better than that at relatively higher temperature. Under the conditions of 20, 25, 30 ℃ and 24 h fumigation, the LC50s were 25.094, 28.650 and 30.875 μL/L, respectively, whereas after 48 h fumigation, the corresponding LC50s were 23.101, 25.805 and 27.316 μL/L. Fumigated the immature stages of S.oryzae 24 h with 30 g/m3 dosage EtF, the mortalities of eggs, early larvae, late larvae and pupae of were 96.930%, 99.333%, 97.768% and 93.386%, respectively, which proved that the fumigation activity of EtF against early larvae was the best, and the pupae and eggs possessed a relatively high endurance to EtF.