Control of pest blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) along the Orange River, South Africa: 1990-1995

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-304

  Palmer, R W ^a   Edwardes, M ^a   Nevill, E M ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis var. Israelensis; Blackflies; Orange River; Simuliidae; Simulium chutteri; South Africa; Temephos

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM CHUTTERI;

FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDE; TEMEFOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMEFOS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0030325248     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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