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1 April 2008 Immature House Fly (Musca domestica) Control in Breeding Sites With a New Brevibacillus laterosporus Formulation
Luca Ruiu, Alberto Satta, Ignazio Floris
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Abstract

A bacterial formulation containing spores of a Brevibacillus laterosporus strain from Sardinia, known to be toxic by ingestion to the house fly (Musca domestica), was assayed in laboratory, outdoor, and field conditions for the control of immature stages of this pest. In all laboratory assays, the bacterial formulation exhibited toxicity against house fly larvae. A concentration of 1 × 108 spores of B. laterosporus/g of diet caused 100% mortality of house fly immature stages. The same formulation, applied at a concentration of 1 × 108 spores/ml, equivalent to a dose of 2 liters/m2, caused a reduction in adult emergence from laboratory and natural breeding substrates (outdoor cage experiments) up to 80.3 and 57.8%, respectively. Similarly, this formulation applied in the cow pen of a diary farm at a dose of 2 liters/m2 produced a significant reduction (30%) in immature fly development. Therefore, the use of this bacterial preparation in microbiological control strategies for the integrated pest management of this species is promising.

Luca Ruiu, Alberto Satta, and Ignazio Floris "Immature House Fly (Musca domestica) Control in Breeding Sites With a New Brevibacillus laterosporus Formulation," Environmental Entomology 37(2), 505-509, (1 April 2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[505:IHFMDC]2.0.CO;2
Received: 31 May 2007; Accepted: 21 September 2007; Published: 1 April 2008
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KEYWORDS
biological management
Diptera
entomopathogenic bacterium
microbial insecticide
treatments
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