Increasing insecticide resistance requires strategies to prolong the use of highly effective vector control compounds. The use of combinations of insecticides with other insecticides and phytochemicals is one such strategy that is suitable for mosquito control. In bioassays with Aedes aegypti and Culex annulirostris mosquitoes, binary mixtures of phytochemicals with or without synthetic insecti...

As supplements to classical chemical insecticides, two approaches to develop recombinant baculovirus insecticides are described. In one approach an insect-specific toxin is expressed leading to a dramatic reduction in time to death. In the second approach an insect juvenile hormone esterase is expressed which leads to a reduction in feeding. Modifications of the wildtype esterase led to viruses...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Kahnooj district in south of Iran is an endemic area for malaria where Anopheles stephensi (Liston) is a main malaria vector and An. dthali (Patton) a secondary vector. According to the national strategy plan on monitoring of insecticides resistance, this study was performed on susceptibility and irritability levels of An. stephensi and An. dthali to different insectic...

background: the german cockroach, blattella germanica l . , is a serious household and public health pest worldwide. con­trol of this species has been very difficult to achieve. toxicity of cypermethrin ec10%, deltamethrin ec5%, diazi­non ec0.5%, lambda-cyhalothrin ec5% and negon® (permethrin+propoxur oil liquid1%) commercial for­mula­tions were investigated against adult males of german cockro...

the potato tuber moth (ptm), phthorimaea operculella (zeller) is one of the important pests of potato in tropical regions. in this research, the toxicity of two insecticides, abamectin and deltamethrin on p. operculella was studied at 26 ± 1 c°, 65 ± 5% rh and photoperiod of 16:8 h (l: d). the concentrations were determined by preliminary dose setting experiments. distilled water was used as co...

Systemic insecticides are compounds that may be applied to plants as a foliar spray or to the soil/ growing medium as a drench or granules. These materials are absorbed by roots or into other tissues and then translocated to plant parts. This may then protect plants from damage associated with phloem-feeding insects such as the Hemipterans including aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs, and soft scale...

malaria has recently been resurged in some parts of iran which is bordered with armenia, naxcivan and turkey. an attempt was made to asses the current status of insecticide resistance in the main malaria vector , an.sacharovi. adult engorged mosquitoes were collected from dwellings during the seasonal activity of the vector, which is synchronized in summer 2001. mosquitoes were subjected to the...

background: we aimed to evaluate different fibres of bednets impregnated with various pyrethroids. the stability of insecticide on the bednet was measured using different methods of washings as well as local made detergents. methods: the entire test was carried out according to the who-recommended methods. in addition, the impact of the numbers of washes on the stability of the insecticides was...

Effects of wood vinegar on the activity of various insecticides were determined by measuring the mortality of two species of rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens and Laodelphax striatellus. Wood vinegar itself did not show insecticidal activity on planthoppers. When the planthoppers were treated with wood vinegar mixed with one of insecticides such as BPMC, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, carbosulf...

In order to prevent the resistance of Anopheles gambiae s.l. to pyrethroids from spreading too quickly and to lengthen the effectiveness of insecticide impregnated mosquito nets, it has recently been suggested to use mixtures of insecticides that have different modes of action. This study presents the results obtained with tulle mosquito nets treated with bifenthrin (a pyrethroid) and chlorpyri...