we tool silk from a glass frame like the one above and submerged it in methanol to extract the pheromones into the liquid, which we then used in behavioural tests. males responded in exactly the same way to silk extract as they did to silk itself, spending most of their time on the filter paper impregnated...
gained first experience in mosquito control by identifying mosquito breeding sites in the march-thaya wetlands in austria and applying bacillus thuringiensis (bti) to suppress larval development. she joined our testing service department in april , and is responsible for the efficacy evaluation of impregnated...