Efficacy Evaluation of Oregano Essential Oil Mixed with <i>Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis</i> and Diflubenzuron against <i>Culex pipiens</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> in Road Drains of Italy

Efficacy Evaluation of Oregano Essential Oil Mixed with <i>Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis</i> and Diflubenzuron against <i>Culex pipiens</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> in Road Drains of Italy

Mosquito management programs in the urban environment of Italian cities mainly rely on larval control with conventional insecticides, primarily targeting the road drains that constitute the principal mosquito breeding sites encountered in public. The repeated utilization of synthetic insecticides ma...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Giatropoulos, Romeo Bellini, Dionysios T. Pavlopoulos, George Balatsos, Vasileios Karras, Fotis Mourafetis, Dimitrios P. Papachristos, Filitsa Karamaouna, Marco Carrieri, Rodolfo Veronesi, Serkos A. Haroutounian, Antonios Michaelakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
mosquito larval control
insecticides mixtures
essential oil
oregano oil
carvacrol
diflubenzuron
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/11/977

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