%0 Journal Article
%T Efecto de metopreno sobre la fecundidad y fertilidad de hembras de Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae), expuestas en fase de larva a una concentraci¨®n subletal del producto.
%A Navarro
%A Edith
%A Berti
%A Jes¨²s
%A Gonz¨¢lez
%A Julio E
%J Bolet¨ªn de Malariolog¨ªa y Salud Ambiental
%D 2007
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X methoprene is a synthetic juvenile hormone and is used in the larval control of vector mosquitoes. in laboratory conditions an experiment was carried out; the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of methoprene on the fecundity and fertility of females, emerging from pupae that survived a sublethal concentration of the product (0.00015 ppm). the fecundity of females (23.97 eggs/female treated) was not significantly different from the non-treated females (23.98 eggs/female). nonetheless, the fertility (viability of eggs/female) eggs measured as the percentage of hatching eggs, presented significant differences between the group treated with methoprene (65.35%) and the control group (79.21%).
%K growth inhibitors
%K anopheles albimanus
%K biochemical control
%K larvae
%K malaria vectors.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1690-46482007000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en