Bottle Bioassays
The
bottle bioassay allows resistance levels to be established for populations
of mosquitoes reared in an insectary or collected in the field. The major
advantages of the bottle assay are that any concentration of any insecticide
may be evaluated at the one time. Secondly, the technique is simple and
rapid.
The goal
of the bioassay is to measure the time it takes for a given insecticide
to kill the adult mosquito.
Materials
Needed (where to get materials)
Overview
This procedure
has six steps. Steps are repeated for each insecticide formulation used.
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