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1 February 2004 Toxicity of VectoLex (Bacillus sphaericus) Products to Selected Australian Mosquito and Nontarget Species
M. D. Brown, T. M. Watson, J. Carter, D. M. Purdie, B. H. Kay
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Laboratory and field bioassay studies were conducted in southeast Queensland, Australia, on the efficacy of VectoLex Control Granule (CG; active ingredient [AI]: 50 Bacillus sphaericus [B.s.] International Toxic Units [ITU]/mg) and VectoLex Water Dispersible Granule (WDG) (AI: 650 B.s. ITU/mg) formulations against third-instar larvae of Culex annulirostris Skuse, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Culex sitiens Wiedemann, Ochlerotatus vigilax (Skuse), Ochlerotatus. notoscriptus (Skuse), and Aedes aegypti (L.). The Gompertz model for log-linear mortality data were used to determine laboratory 48-h LC95 values. As with foreign evaluations, the B.s. formulations were most effective against Culex spp., with the WDG 10–100 times more effective than the CG on an ITU/mosquito basis. Consequently, Cx. annulirostris and Cx. quinquefasciatus were selected as target species for small-plot field evaluation of WDG efficacy over time. Weekly cohorts of caged third-instar Cx. annulirostris were exposed to replicated low (250 g/ha), medium (500 g/ha), and high (1,000 g/ha) dosages of WDG. Concurrent assessment of Cx. quinquefasciatus mortality outside the cages was also conducted. In water with high organic content, the low rate produced >99% Cx. annulirostris mortality at 48 h, decreasing to 79% at week 3 and no control at week 4. The medium and high rates resulted in 100% Cx. annulirostris mortality for 2 wk posttreatment, decreasing to 95% at week 3, and no control at week 4. The WDG was equally effective against Cx. quinquefasciatus. Treatment did not affect water quality or nontarget shrimp and fish species survival.

M. D. Brown, T. M. Watson, J. Carter, D. M. Purdie, and B. H. Kay "Toxicity of VectoLex (Bacillus sphaericus) Products to Selected Australian Mosquito and Nontarget Species," Journal of Economic Entomology 97(1), 51-58, (1 February 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-97.1.51
Received: 24 October 2002; Accepted: 1 August 2003; Published: 1 February 2004
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KEYWORDS
Aedes
Bacillus sphaericus
Culex
insecticide
mosquitoes
nontarget
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