Abstract:26The mosquito Aedes aegypti has overcome all kinds of human being mosquito control attempts 27 over the last century. Strategies for vector population control resorts to the use of synthetic 28 insecticides, which can lead to problems of intoxication in humans and environmental 29 contamination. We evaluated the effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti), Ilex 30 paraguariensis (mate-herb) and Ilex theezans (caúna-herb) extracts against A. aegypti larvae 31 mortality. The bioassays were condu… Show more
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