• Title of article

    Something old, something transgenic, or something fungal for mosquito control?

  • Author/Authors

    Richard H. ffrench-Constant، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    577
  • To page
    579
  • Abstract
    In spite of the current research emphasis on the use of transgenic mosquitoes, insecticides are still the main method for controlling malarial mosquitoes. Although pyrethroids are the compounds of choice, insecticide resistance is now threatening the effective life of these invaluable compounds. Two recent studies have refocused interest on entomopathogenic fungi as useful alternatives to conventional insecticides, suggesting that these fungi could be used as alternative control methods, which would thus also prolong the effective lifetime of pyrethroids.
  • Journal title
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Record number

    771808