Researchers of the University Koblenz-Landau studied the sensitivity of midges, central food resources of wetlands in a standardised laboratory design against the biocide Bti used in mosquito control.

The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) , a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae, to prevent dengue outbreak in the ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped and produces spores. Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one ...

Read full article: Everything you need to know about ‘Mosquito Dunks’: What is Bti? How does it work? Is it safe? Mosquitoes use standing water to breed, which is why you should make sure there isn’t ...

Spraying larvicide, the tried-and-tested formula to get rid of mosquito larvae, is back-dated. KOLKATA: Spraying larvicide, the tried-and-tested formula to get rid of mosquito larvae, is back-dated.

Starting this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will begin treatments for some area creeks and rivers for black fly, otherwise known as a gnat. Helicopters will spray ...

Aerial applications targeting mosquito larvae in wetlands were set to begin Tuesday in a number of local communities. The Norfolk County Mosquito Control District will be conducting helicopter ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s research centre in Puducherry has developed a technology to produce Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti strain VCRC B-17), a strain of bacteria that ...

The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has begun an experimental deployment of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI), a larvicide or insecticide, in an effort to curb the surging mosquito population ...