Field trials with two insect growth regulators against Culex quinquefasciatus.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1978

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

38

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

074-079

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Self, L. S., M. J. Nelson, C. P. Pant and S. Usman.

 

Abstract

The insect growth regulators, diflubenzuron (=Dimilin tm) and Methoprene (=Altosid 10F) applied at a target dosage of 1 ppm to larval habitats of Culex quinquefasciatus in a crowded section of Jakarta (trial area 1 km) were highly effective in preventing successful adult emergence for 2 and 5 weeks respectively after one application. Ten days after spraying with Dimilin, tarsal abnormalities were noted in emerged adults which coincided with a preponderance of emerged males.

Notes

Author(s) - Self, L. S., M. J. Nelson, C. P. Pant and S. Usman.