Editor – In a recent letter (1) Dr Christian Lengeler dismisses as invalid our comparisons (2) of recent trials with pyrethroid-treated nets versus trials 20–40 years ago with house spraying of non-pyrethroid insecticides. One of his reasons is that the initial intensities of malaria transmission were different in the trials compared. Lengeler may postulate that the lower intensity of transmiss...

We investigated the residual efficacy of four insecticide formulations used in Chagas disease vector control campaigns: cyfluthrin 12.5% suspension concentrace (SC), lambda-cyhalothrin 10% wettable powder (WP), deltamethrin 2.5% SC, and 2.5% WP on four types of circular blocks of wood, straw with mud, straw with mud painted with lime, and mud containing 5% of cement. Three concentrations of the...

The effect of Gibberellic Acid (GA3) and Benzyladenine (BA) on Aloe vera was evaluated at pot cultivation conditions. This study was performed in two factorial test based on complete random plan and 4 repeats with 12 treatments. The main factor was included spraying, drip and spraying + drip. Secondary factor was included concentrations of GA3 and BA at 0, 100...

The ecological benefits of a roadside native perennial grass stand are :ompromised when invasive species become estab· lished. We evaluated the potential to regenerate existing native perennial grass stand5 populat~d with yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) on a roadside planting in the lowland hills of t1e interior Coast Range of northern California. The experiment was designed to dete...

in order to reduce herbicide utilization, a 3-year field experiment was carried out with integration of mechanical and chemical weed control methods; in mechanical method, three types of blades (curred- bed knife, square- turn knife and sweep) were used. chemical control was done with chloridazon (wp 80%) and desmedipham (ec 15.7%) in two spraying sheme: once band sparying with 2 l h-1 & twice ...

this experiment was carried out to study effects of mechanical and chemical treatments for developing lateral shoot and increasing quality of sweet cherry, apple and pear trees in 2010-2011 in three independent experiments. in the first experiment, effect of the heading treatments in four levels (‍control, 40, 60 and 80 cm), in the second experiment, ba treatments in four levels (0, 200, 400, 6...

abstract three separate greenhouse experiments were conducted in the greenhouse facilities of the iranian plant protection research institute, tehran, to study the efficacy of some accase inhibiting herbicides for control of resistant based on mechanism, resistance based on enhanced metabolism and susceptible wild oat biotypes. in each experiment, biotypes were treated separately by 17 herbicid...

the effect of gibberellic acid (ga3) and benzyladenine (ba) on aloe vera was evaluated at pot cultivation conditions. this study was performed in two factorial test based on complete random plan and 4 repeats with 12 treatments. the main factor was included spraying, drip and spraying + drip. secondary factor was included concentrations of ga3 and ba at 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg.l-1 levels. the nu...

The organic waste treatment process using Black Soldier Larvae ( BSF ) produces liquid biofertilizer LB that contains functional microbes and macro micronutrients potentially can stimulate plant growth. study aimed to determine the effectiveness of from bioconversion by on growth arabica coffee seedlings. experiment used a randomized block design with 7 treatments, which consisted of: no (contr...

to evaluate the effect of zn sulfate foliar application on morphologic and quantitative characteristics of safflower (carthamus tinctorius l.) cultivars, a field experiment carried out in ramin agriculture and natural resources university of khouzestan, iran, in a factorial arrangement in a randomized complete block design with four replications, during 2012-2013. treatments consisted of two sp...