Traditional chemically based methods for insect control have been shown to have serious
limitations, and many alternative approaches have been developed and evaluated …

Aedes aegypti is an important vector for Dengue and Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Considering its medical importance and its relevance as a model system, this study was …

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of organophosphate and
carbamate insecticides namely, temephos and propoxur respectively, on the life history of …

Flies that are homozygous for the recessive autosomal mutation bent wings have a limited
ability to fly and are less tolerant of high temperatures than normal flies in both the egg and …

The recent developments of molecular genetic engineering and insect transformation have
now re-ignited an academic interest to overcome many of the problems that were previously …

The present paper reports the mode of inheritance of resistance in laboratory induced
temephos resistant and susceptible strains of Ae. aegypti. Homozygous resistant and …

Anopheles stephensi–Liston (Culicidae: Diptera) is an important urban malarial vector in the
Indian sub-continent, accounting for about 15% of the total annual malaria incidence …

Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae) is the urban vector of malaria in the Indian
subcontinent and several countries of the Middle East. The genetics of propoxur resistance …

Early studies on the genetics of insecticide resistance showed that single major semi-
dominant genes were generally involved, and biochemical studies defined a limited number …

Polytene chromosomes were prepared from the ovarian nurse cells of semi-gravid females
of ten insecticide-resistant strains of Anopheles stephensi. Altogether, 16 heterozygous …