BACILLUS-SPHAERICUS INHIBITS HATCHING OF PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLY EGGS

Authors
ROBERT LL PERICH MJ SCHLEIN Y JACOBSON JL
Citation
Ll. Robert et al., BACILLUS-SPHAERICUS INHIBITS HATCHING OF PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLY EGGS, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 14(3), 1998, pp. 351-352
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
351 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1998)14:3<351:BIHOPS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The effect of Bacillus sphnericus, at various concentrations, on hatch ing of phlebotomine sand fly eggs was examined using laboratory bioass ays. Aqueous suspensions of B. sphaericus, strain 2362, inhibited hatc hing of eggs of Phlebotomus duboscqi and Sergentomyia schwetzi by 95% at concentrations as low as 0.05 and 0.11 mg/cm(2), respectively. In c ontrast, B. sphaericus did not affect the ability of pupae to emerge a s adults.