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Spinosad
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Spinosad
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efficacy and persistence against container inhabiting mosquitoes
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Crans
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Scott C.
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1963-
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Scott C. Crans
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Robson
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Mark Gregory
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Mark Gregory Robson
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chair
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Hamilton
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George
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George Hamilton
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Advisory Committee
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internal member
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Slaff
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Marc
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Marc Slaff
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2016
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2016-01
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2016
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eng
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Small scale field trials were conducted in an urban, suburban and rural area of New Jersey using simulated larval habitats to determine efficacy and persistence of an extended release granular formulation of spinosad. The work was done under sunlit and shaded conditions. Determining mortality of invasive container-inhabiting mosquitoes of public health importance was a primary goal of this study. Plastic containers commonly found in a household setting were treated with the larvicide spinosad at the low, middle and maximum label rates (5.6, 11.2, 22.4 kg-1 ha respectively) and compared to an untreated control. Persistence of insecticidal activity measured in weeks throughout the mosquito season was evaluated with respect to relative sunlight exposure, water temperature, water pH and accumulation of organic debris. A laboratory study was performed using Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in the absence of spinosad treatment, to investigate potential for container induced effects on immature development. Spinosad extended release granules at all application rates tested were an effective larval control agent against all common pest species of container-inhabiting mosquitoes in the 3 study areas tested. Larval mortality was >95% in treated containers and persisted at or beyond labeled periods for all treatments. Increasing application rate (total a.i. per unit area) was positively correlated with persistence of insecticidal activity. Mean larval habitat water temperature did not differ significantly with respect to light conditions over the course of the season. Dominant cover vegetation available, exposure to direct sunlight and larval habitat water pH are factors to be considered on a site specific basis with respect to spinosad application rates. Under standard laboratory conditions, the simulated artificial container habitat effects on larval development (days to pupation) did not differ significantly from an untreated control. The extended release spinosad formulation used warrants consideration as a rotational public health pesticide in artificial container habitats to augment integrated mosquito management programs in New Jersey.
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Entomology
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Mosquitoes--Control--New Jersey
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Pesticides
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (xi, 41 p. : ill.)
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Scott C. Crans
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3833V3F
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Crans
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Scott
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C.
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2015-12-12 14:35:27
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Scott Crans
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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