Lethal Effects of Synthetic Juvenile Hormone on Larvae of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
- 25 November 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3752) , 1043-1044
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3752.1043
Abstract
Emergence of adult mosquitoes is blocked after the addition of 1 part of crude synthetic juvenile hormone to 100,000 parts water. Development is arrested at stages ranging from pupae to fully formed pharate adults incapable of escaping from the pupal exuvium. Fourth-stage larvae just prior to metamorphosis are most sensitive: 40 percent were killed after being exposed for 1 dayto 1 part juvenile hormone in 2 million parts water. The active material also inhibits the hatching of mosquito eggs.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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