Production of wetland Chironomidae (Diptera) and the effects of using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis for mosquito control

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Lundstrom J O ^a,b   Schafer M L ^a,b   Petersson, E ^c,d   Persson Vinnersten, T Z ^a,b   Landin, J ^e   Brodin, Y ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Board of Fisheries   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bti; Chironomidae; Chironominae; Mosquito control; Non target organisms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOOD; FLY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WETLAND;

DAL RIVER; SWEDEN;

AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS; ORTHOCLADIINAE; TANYPODINAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WETLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; WETLANDS;

EID: 77949688192     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309990137     Document Type: Article

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