Abstract
The influence of environmental and biological factors on the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and B. sphaericus as mosquito larvicides are reviewed. The importance of strain dependence, cultivating media/methods, mosquito species/specificity, formulations and their relation to mosquito feeding habits, as well as temperature, solar exposure, larval density and concomitant presence of other aquatic organisms are addressed with reference to the present status of knowledge in Brazil.
mosquito control; Bacillus thuringiensis s. israelensis; Bacillus sphaericus; environment; biological factors
Some environmental and biological factors influencing the activity of entomopathogenic Bacillus on mosquito larvae in Brazil
R. A. G. B Consoli1
C. J Carvalho-Pinto2
M. A Oliveira3
B. S Santos1
M. A Lamounier1
R. S. A Alves4
C. M. B Silva4
L Rabinovitch4
FIOCRUZ, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
UFSC, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Florianópolis, Brasil
UFMG, ICB, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Bacteriologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The influence of environmental and biological factors on the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and B. sphaericus as mosquito larvicides are reviewed. The importance of strain dependence, cultivating media/methods, mosquito species/specificity, formulations and their relation to mosquito feeding habits, as well as temperature, solar exposure, larval density and concomitant presence of other aquatic organisms are addressed with reference to the present status of knowledge in Brazil.
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26 May 2009 -
Date of issue
Feb 1995
