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| Afzal,Hira; Ahmed,Sohail; Khan,Rashad Rasool; Sufian,Muhammad; Arshad,Muhammad; Qasim,Muhammad. |
| ABSTRACT The house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), is a major pest of all aspects of life, like the domestic, medical and veterinary and causal agent of several pathogenic diseases. The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential of different insecticide-free baits against house fly by incorporating flower methanol extract of Helianthus annuus (sunflower) and Tegetes erecta (marigold) at 10%, 20% and 30% bait formulation of corn syrup, dried milk and water. However, imidacloprid and thiacloprid (each at 5% concentration) were also included in the study for comparison. Results showed that insecticide baits were superior in causing mortality of adult house fly but dependent upon syrup. Overall, 20% baits of both extracts caused more... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biological control; Plant extracts; Synthetic insecticides; Disease vector. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262020000100217 |
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