Laboratory studies on the feasibility of integrated mosquito control using an insect growth regulator and a Mermithid nematode.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1977

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

37

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

006-011

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Finney, J. R., R. Gordon, W. J. Condon and T. N. Rusted.

 

Abstract

Laboratory studies showed that the insect growth regulator Altosid 5E, applied at doses ranging from 5 to 50ppb did not interfere with the preparasitic, parasitic or postparasitic development of Romanomermis culicivorax, a Mermithid parasite of mosquitoes. Both Altosid 5E and R. culicivorax were separately effective in controlling pupal and larval populations respectively of Aedes aegypti. Host mortality was considerably increased when the Mermithid and the insect growth regulator were used concurrently against mosquitoes, suggesting a promising future for integrated mosquito control programs based on the use of Mermithids and insect juvenile hormone analogs.

Notes

Author(s) - Finney, J. R., R. Gordon, W. J. Condon and T. N. Rusted.