https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2013.e18

Assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Strain AM65-52 aqueous suspension for the control of black fly populations, (Simulium spp.) in northern Italy

Vol. 45 No. 3 (2013)
Submitted: 18 March 2013
Accepted: 7 August 2013
Published: 20 December 2013
black flies control, Simulium paraequinum, Simulium pseudequinum, Simulium erythrocephalum, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, Italy, VectoBac® 12 AS.
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P. Radeghieri
paolo.radeghieri@unibo.it
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie - Entomologia, Università di Bologna, Italy.
F. Santi
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie - Entomologia, Università di Bologna, Italy.
S. Maini
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie - Entomologia, Università di Bologna, Italy.
Four field trials were conducted in Mantua province in northern Italy to evaluate the effect of the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Strain AM65-52 based VectoBac® 12 AS larvicide on black flies. Our objective was to examine and compare the efficacy of different concentrations of this microbial larvicide in small plain streams. Larvicidal activity was exhibited in all trials. VectoBac® 12 AS at 2.5 ppm/min rate generated larval mortality from the treatment point to 500 meters downstream. Larvae mortality (over 80%) was observed for 3500 meters downstream of the application site when a concentration of 40 ppm/min was applied.

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Radeghieri, P., Santi, F., & Maini, S. (2013). Assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Strain AM65-52 aqueous suspension for the control of black fly populations, (Simulium spp.) in northern Italy. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 45(3), e18. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2013.e18

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