Evaluation of pyrethrin aerial ultra-low volume applications for adult Culex tarsalis control in the desert environments of the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-419

  Lothrop, Hugh ^a   Lothrop, Branka ^b   Palmer, Mark ^a   Wheeler, Sarah ^a   Gutierrez, Arturo ^b   Miller, Patrick ^a   Gomsi, Donald ^b   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial application; Culex tarsalis; Pyrenone 25 5; Pyrethrin; ULV

Indexed keywords

CULEX TARSALIS;

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749196835     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5623.1     Document Type: Article

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