Abstract In the Sacramento Valley (California, USA), rice ( Oryza sativa L.) fields are an economically important crop and productive habitats for mosquito species Culex tarsalis Anopheles freeborni. Since 2010, approximately 150 km 2 of conventional 16 organic have been grown in Yolo Counties. These often within flight-range both rural towns urban centers. highly competent vectors West Nile vi...

Mosquitoes enjoy wide geographical distribution and act as vectors for diverse pathogenic organisms from viruses to protozoans. Mosquito-borne diseases have a long history with some of them like Malaria dominating the scene for centuries. New diseases like Dengue fever, Zika viral disease etc. get added to the list from time to time. Vector control is an effective and widely accepted strategy i...

Research on mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases has contributed to improvements in providing effective, efficient, and environmentally proper mosquito control. Florida has benefitted from several research accomplishments that have increased the state's mosquito control capabilities. Research with Florida's mosquitoes has resulted in the development of ecologically sound management of mosquit...

An overview is presented of the recent advancements in research activities conducted to evaluate mosquito traps, insecticide-impregnated targets baited with combinations of attractants, and strategies for using mass trapping techniques for adult mosquito population management. Technologies that use semiochemicals (attractants), traps and targets, and mass trapping are relatively new for managem...

The recent expansion of Aedes albopictus, a day-biting mosquito, to densely inhabited areas in the northeastern Atlantic states of the USA has dramatically increased the problem that mosquitoes create for urban and suburban residents. We quantified the impact of mosquitoes on residents' quality of life within the context of a comprehensive area-wide integrated pest management program to control...

Due to the limitations of human therapeutics and vaccines available treat prevent mosquito-borne diseases, primary strategy for disease mitigation is through vector control. However, current tools approaches used mosquito control have proven insufficient malaria arboviral infections, such as dengue, Zika, lymphatic filariasis, hence, these diseases remain a global public health threat. The abil...

The expanding distribution of the Aedes albopictus mosquito (also known as Asian tiger mosquito) throughout Europe is a health and safety threat due to its potential spread tropical sub-tropical arboviruses temperate climate regions. Therefore, it becoming increasingly important broaden use all tools within integrated pest management systems control this threat. Since species in breeds mainly m...

the compatibility studies of pseudomonas fluorescens (pf1) with azoxystrobin at differ-ent concentrations viz., 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 ppm revealed that it was compatible with all the concentrations of azoxystrobin tested and the growth of the bacterium was unaffected even at the maximum concentration of 300 ppm. the field experiment revealed a foliar application of pf1 (2.5 kg ha-1) and az...

Malaria control programmes in Africa, for the most part, address only treatment of the disease and supply of insecticide treated bed nets. The impact of these restricted programmes has been limited and new approaches are being advocated, including integrated vector management strategies and partnerships with industry. Mosquito surveys were carried out for AngloGold/Ashanti in preparation for th...