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- Title
EVALUATION OF PIONEER ECO-BACKPACK™ SPRAYER AND TWISTER XL™ BACKPACK SPRAYER USING AQUALUER® AGAINST CAGED ADULT AEDES ALBOPICTUS AND CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS.
- Authors
RUI-DE XUE; QUALLS, WHITNEY A.; SMITH, MIKE L.; TONG-YAN ZHAO; BROWN, JAMES R.
- Abstract
A Pioneer Eco-Backpack™ electric cold ultra-low volume (ULV) sprayer and a gas-powered Twister XL™ 3950 series 2 motorized knapsack ULV sprayer with Aqualuer® (20.6% permethrin AI) were evaluated against caged adult Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus in St. Augustine, FL. The Pioneer Eco-Backpack sprayer provided 100% knockdown of both species of mosquitoes at 15 min; the Twister XL backpack sprayer resulted in 17-23% knockdown at 15 min. Both backpack sprayers with Aqualuer resulted in 100% mortality of both species at 24 h. The new Pioneer Eco-Backpack sprayer powered by electricity could be a potential tool for mosquito control.
- Publication
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2012, Vol 28, Issue 4, p341
- ISSN
8756-971X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2987/12-6233R.1