Spinosad as an effective larvicide for control of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti, vectors of dengue in southern Mexico

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Marina, Carlos F ^a   Bond, J Guillermo ^a   Casas, Mauricio ^a   Muñoz, José ^a   Orozco, Arnoldo ^a   Valle, Javier ^b   Williams, Trevor ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Dengue vector; Mexico; Spinosad; Temephos; Toxorhynchites theobaldi

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MACROLIDE; SPINOSAD;

DENGUE FEVER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; HATCHING; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; EVALUATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MACROLIDES; MEXICO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; TOXORHYNCHITES THEOBALDI;

EID: 78650254881     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2043     Document Type: Article

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