Genetic engineering is transforming the landscape of pest management, offering innovative solutions to longstanding challenges in agriculture and public health. Traditional methods, such as chemical pesticides, have led to significant ecological harm and widespread resistance amo...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i121514
The relative abundance of the of three mosquito groups namely Anopheles, Culex and Aedes distribution was studied within Port Harcourt Metropolis (latitude 4°43’E – 4°50’ E and longitude 6o 57’N – 7°05’N). Collections of mosquitoes and the volume of water were from twenty three m...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/22751
Malaria as among vector-borne diseases is reemerging in areas where control efforts were once effective and emerging in areas though free of the disease as a consequence of human migration and rapid growth of international traffic from malaria prevalent areas of the world to mala...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12044
Aims: In the present study, the objective was to estimate the toxicity of an insect growth regulator with juvenile hormone-like activity, kinoprene, on Culex pipiens, the most abundant and investigated mosquito species. Effects of this compound on growth and development were also...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9729