An autodissemination station for the transfer of an insect growth regulator to mosquito oviposition sites

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Gaugler, R ^a   Suman, D ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Autodissemination; Insect growth regulator; Larval control; Larval habitat; Pyriproxyfen; Urban mosquitoes; Venereal transfer

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CRYPSIS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH REGULATOR; INHIBITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SILICA; STARCH; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLUME;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PLANT LEAVES; PYRIDINES; QUERCUS; WATER;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856233970     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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