Article
Activity and mating competitiveness of gamma HCH/dieldrin resistant and susceptible male and virgin female Anopheles gambiae and An.stephensi mosquitoes, with assessment of an insecticide-rotation strategy.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Apr 1991
Rowland M
Abstract excerpt
The effects of gamma HCH/dieldrin resistance genes on flight activity and mating competitiveness were investigated in males from backcrossed strains of Anopheles gambiae Giles and An.stephensi Liston. Activity of males and virgin females of both species, as recorded in an acoustic actograph, occurred mainly at dusk (the E peak). The activity pattern of An.gambiae males was not affected by resistance genes; in...
Topics
- Animals
- Anopheles
- Circadian Rhythm
- Computer Simulation
- Dieldrin
- Female
- Flight, Animal
- Genotype
- Hexachlorocyclohexane
- Insecticide Resistance
- Male