Laboratory and field investigations of pestiferous chironomidae (Diptera) in some man-made wetlands in central Florida, USA

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Ali, Arshad ^a,c   Leckel Jr , Robert J ^a   Jahan, Nusrad ^b   Al Shami, Salman A ^c   Rawi, Che Salmah Md ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. israelensis; Pestiferous midges; Population management; S methoprene; Temephos

Indexed keywords

TEMEFOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LD 50; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLORIDA; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMEFOS; WETLANDS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CHIRONOMINI; CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS; DIPTERA; GLYPTOTENDIPES PARIPES; GOELDICHIRONOMUS CARUS; ORTHOCLADIINAE; POLYPEDILUM; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 77949684435     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/08-5798.1     Document Type: Article

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