- life
stage of an insect.
Their most
common use is
against mosquitoes.
Larvicides may be
contact poisons,
stomach poisons,
growth regulators, or (increasingly)...
-
Insecticides are
pesticides used to kill insects. They
include ovicides and
larvicides used
against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The
major use of insecticides...
- possible.
Depending on the situation,
source reduction, biocontrol,
larviciding (killing of larvae), or
adulticiding (killing of adults) may be used...
-
Azolla (common
called mosquito fern,
water fern, and
fairy moss) is a
genus of
seven species of
aquatic ferns in the
family Salviniaceae. They are extremely...
- threats. Insecticides,
larvicides, rodenticides,
Lethal ovitraps and
repellents can be used to
control vectors. For example,
larvicides can be used in mosquito...
-
Health Organization (WHO)'s
Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) for
larvicides. In
January 2016, the
Brazilian ****ociation for
Collective Health (Abrasco;...
-
attributed the
cause of a
microcephaly outbreak in
Brazil to the use of a
larvicide chemical added to
reservoirs of
drinking water to
combat dengue fever...
-
certainty evidence that
fogging may have an
effect on
malaria transmission.
Larviciding by hand
delivery of
chemical or
microbial insecticides into
water bodies...
-
fumigation of buildings,
spraying of insect-breeding
areas with oil and
larvicide,
installation of
mosquito netting and
window screens, and elimination...
- and it
currently finds uses as
ovicide for
codling moth eggs and as a
larvicide.
Xanthone is also used in the
preparation of xanthydrol,
which is used...
