We evaluated Bactimos PT (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis [Bti]) against larval populations of Glyptotendipes paripes at 30 kg/ha in man-made lakes on Hilton Head Island, SC. Three treatments were “whole-pond” treatments, while the 4th consisted of treating a “band” along the edge of a pond where significant larval populations had been observed. Larval populations were reduced by an average of 95% at day 7, 70% at day 14, and 50% at day 21 posttreatment in the whole-pond treatments. Initial larval suppression with the band treatment was similar to the whole-pond treatments, indicating that suppression activities can be targeted to specific areas of a larval habitat.
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1 June 2011
Field Evaluation of Bactimos Pt Against Chironomid Midge (Diptera: Chironomidae) Larvae in Residential Ponds
Elmer W. Gray,
Robert A. Fusco,
Candace Royals,
Ray Noblet,
Roger D. Wyatt
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Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis
Bactimos PT
Chironomidae
Glyptotendipes paripes