1. Insecticide susceptibility in larval populations of the West Nile vector Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Saudi Arabia
Al Thabiani AZIZ ; Hasibur REHMAN ; Shalini SAGGU ; Chellasamy PANNEERSELVAM ; Jazem Abdullah MAHYOUB ; Majed Salum S. ALREFAEI ; Kadarkarai MURUGAN ; Marcello NICOLETTI ; Hui WEI ; Angelo CANALE ; Giovanni BENELLI
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2016;6(5):390-395
Objective: To investigate the susceptibility to some conventional and non-conventional insecticides in laboratory and field larval populations of the West Nile vector Culex pipiens L. (Cx. pipiens), the dominant species in Jeddah Province, Saudi Arabia. Methods: The tested conventional insecticides were Actikil and Pesgard, while the non-conventional ones were Bacilod, Dudim and Baycidal. Probit analysis and photomicroscopical observations were carried out to shed light on acute toxicity in laboratory and field Cx. pipiens strains. Results: Cx. pipiens were more susceptible to Pesgard (LC
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