Effect of the deltamethrin, which is extensively used synthetic pyrethroid, was investigated on the lipase activity of Poecilia reticulata in the present study. One control and five experimental groups were exposed to different concentrations of deltamethrin. Three experiments, including 60 guppies each, were conducted. Titration method was used in order to determine the lipase activity. Lipase...

Ten microsatellites were isolated from a genomic DNA library generated from guppy (Poecilia reticulata; Poecilidae) enriched for CA-repeats. All of the 10 microsatellites were polymorphic in guppy with an average allele number of 4.9/locus ranging from 2 to 14. All 10-primer pairs amplified specific products in green swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) and 9 of the 10 microsatellites displayed poly...

BACKGROUND In 2006, severe outbreaks of Aedes aegypti-transmitted chikungunya occurred in villages in Karnataka, South India. We evaluated the effectiveness of combined information, education and communication (IEC) campaigns using two potential poeciliid larvivorous fish guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), in indoor cement tanks for Aedes larval control. METHODS ...