Integrated mosquito management in rice field in China

Abstract Rice cultivation is important in China with over 29.33 million hm 2 of rice fields, producing 28.9% yields worldwide. fields are mass breeding sites for mosquitoes approximately 40 mosquito species found amongst them. Anopheles sinensis , lesteri and Culex tritaeniorhynchus the three main that fields. An. vectors malaria flat areas China, Cx. a vector Japanese B encephalitis. This review provides principles control used to target as well some approaches have been tested implemented past 70 years. The irrigation management included, such intermittent irrigation, wet controlled rotation dry Biocontrol measures agents, including rice-fish coculture, Azolla Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ( Bti ), sphaericus discussed. These methods benefit prevention mosquito-borne disease, especially elimination China.