A larvicide (alternatively larvacide) is an insecticide that is specifically targeted against the larval life stage of an insect. Their most common use...

sand flies, snails, termites and mosquitoes both as a repellent and as a larvicide. Neem extracts act as an antifeedant and block the action of the insect...

Health Organization (WHO)'s Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) for larvicides. In January 2016, the Brazilian Association for Collective Health (Abrasco;...

Spearmint essential oil has had success as a larvicide against mosquitoes. Using spearmint as a larvicide would be a greener alternative to synthetic insecticides...

Azolla (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely...

boll weevils, gypsy moths, and other types of moths. It is a widely used larvicide in India for control of mosquito larvae by public health authorities....

in New York in the late 1990s, the land has received frequent mosquito larvicide spraying. As of 2000, Flushing Airport still had its air corridor reserved...

and it currently finds uses as ovicide for codling moth eggs and as a larvicide. Xanthone is also used in the preparation of xanthydrol, which is used...

attributed the cause of a microcephaly outbreak in Brazil to the use of a larvicide chemical added to reservoirs of drinking water to combat dengue fever...

eradicated through public education, drinking water improvement, and larvicide treatments. In response, India began its national eradication program...

plants, a weed killer. Insecticide – an agent that kills unwanted insects. Larvicide (also larvacide) – an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage...

identification to prevent spread, health education, and treating ponds with larvicide. An eradication program has been able to reduce prevalence. As of 2014[update]...

brassicae (egg parasitoid) and later Bacillus thuringiensis subs. kurstaki (larvicide effect) reduce pest damages more than insecticide treatments The population...

threats. Insecticides, larvicides, rodenticides, Lethal ovitraps and repellents can be used to control vectors. For example, larvicides can be used in mosquito...

long pants, and socks are useful for prevention. The application of larvicides to water-storage containers can help eliminate potential mosquito breeding...

fumigation of buildings, spraying of insect-breeding areas with oil and larvicide, installation of mosquito netting and window screens, and elimination...

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use of insecticides...

certainty evidence that fogging may have an effect on malaria transmission. Larviciding by hand delivery of chemical or microbial insecticides into water bodies...

relevant mosquito species. Larvicides are also used worldwide in mosquito abatement programs. Temefos is a common mosquito larvicide. People can also reduce...

perception that blames mosquito-borne Zika virus fever on vaccines or larvicides, inciting death threats against public health advocates. Though viewership...

Temefos or temephos (trade name Abate) is an organophosphate larvicide used to treat water infested with disease-carrying insects including mosquitoes...

possible. Depending on the situation, source reduction, biocontrol, larviciding (killing of larvae), or adulticiding (killing of adults) may be used...

mosquitoes from biting humans; and vector control strategies such as larviciding with insecticides, ecological controls such as draining mosquito breeding...

water in the stream. About 700,000 gallons of oil and 124,000 gallons of larvicide were used on the project. Gorgas also took another step in his efforts...

is approved by the WHO for treatment of drinking water as a mosquito larvicide. BPUs  have low acute toxicity against bees, low to moderate toxicity...

g. by provision of borehole wells, or through treating the water with larvicide), on containment of infection and on education for safe drinking water...

as well as logistics and tools, such as donated filter cloth material, larvicide, and medical kits. The International Task Force for Disease Eradication...

is of particular interest to the World Health Organization due to the larvicide effect of some strains against two mosquito genera (Culex and Anopheles)...

Service began the use of DDT for indoor residual spraying (IRS) and as a larvicide, with the goal of controlling malaria in Monrovia, the Liberian capital...

is approved by the WHO for treatment of drinking water as a mosquito larvicide) but they are highly toxic to water invertebrates and crustaceans. They...