Modular columns to study depth-dependence behavior of mosquito larvae and toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp israelensis

作者：Meir Michal; Ben Dov Eitan^*; Zaritsky Arieh

来源：Acta Tropica, 2011, 117(3): 229-232.

DOI：10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.12.005

• Modular column system
• Mosquito larvae
• Feeding behavior
• Bacillus thuringiensis subsp israelensis
• Tetrahymena pyriformis

Modular transparent column system was designed to study depth-dependence behavior of mosquito larvae. The system was used in preliminary experiments to evaluate the effect of water depth on the larvicidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis de Barjac against bottom feeder larvae of Aedes aegypti (Linn.) (Diptera: Culicidae), and suggestions for increasing the efficiency of the device are discussed.

• 出版日期2011-3