Salt marsh mosquito control in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
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The Portsmouth, Rhode Island Mosquito Control Program used granular Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis to successfully control salt marsh mosquitoes in a 9 acre salt marsh while monitoring for, planning and implementing small scale open marsh water management in the marsh. Single season larviciding costs were roughly 4% that of contracted open marsh water management in this marsh.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
دوره 6 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990