Laboratory and field evaluation of the efficacy of four insecticides for Aedes vigilax (Diptera: Culicidae) and toxicity to the nontarget shrimp Leander tenuicornis (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1045-1051

  Brown, Michael D ^a   Thomas, Darran ^b   Mason, Paul ^b   Greenwood, Jack G ^c   Kay, Brian H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes vigilax; Insecticides; Leander tenuicornis; Mosquito control; Nontarget shrimp; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; INSECTICIDE; METHOPRENE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SALT MARSH; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES SOLLICITANS; AEDES VIGILAX; ALPHAVIRUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; INSECTA; LEANDER TENUICORNIS; PALAEMONIDAE; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 0032695658     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.5.1045     Document Type: Article

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