Mosquito larval consumption of toxic arborescent leaf-litter, and its biocontrol potential

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-157

  David, J P ^a   Tilquin, M ^a   Rey, D ^a   Ravanel, P ^a   Meyran, J C ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Bioassays; Biological control; Cellulose; Consumption rate; Culex pipiens; Detritus; Humine; Ingestion capacity; Larval control; Larval feeding rate; Larval habitat; Larvicides; Leaf litter; Lignin; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LEAF LITTER; MOSQUITO; TOXICITY;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTESTINE; LD 50; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTESTINES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BETULACEAE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0038688018     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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