Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field
Title:
Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field
Author:
Britch, Seth C.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (649 seconds)
Series:
Environment
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
The efficacy of public health pesticides targeting nuisance and disease-vector insects is not uniform across different ecological zones. Here we present a system of techniques using captive vector insects as sentinels for pesticide efficacy to derive electronic maps supporting the standard evaluation of pesticides across multiple environments.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/58440