Larval susceptibility status of Culex (culex) gelidus Theobald, against four organophosphorus compounds in Mysore City

Revanna, M.A.; Vijayan, V.A.; Ninge Gowda, N.

Journal of Communicable Diseases 23(3): 202-203

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5138
PMID: 1725873
Document Number: 372063
Using WHO methods, it was found that the effectiveness of organophosphorus insecticides against early 4th-instar larvae of C. gelidus (from Mysore, Karnataka, India) was in the order: temephos > malathion > fenthion > fenitrothion. The concentrations of insecticides tested were in the range 0.001-0.125 mg/litre.

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