Does Tap Water Quality Compromise the Production of Aedes Mosquitoes in Genetic Control Projects?

ABSTRACT: A mosquito's life cycle includes an aquatic phase. Water quality is therefore an important determinant of whether or not the female mosquitoes will lay their eggs and the resulting immature stages will survive and successfully complete their development to the adult stage. In response to variations in laboratory rearing outputs, there is a need to investigate the effect of tap water (TW) (in relation to water hardness and electrical conductivity) on mosquito development, productivity and resulting adult quality. In this study, we compared the respective responses of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus to different water hardness/electrical conductivity. First-instar larvae were reared in either 100% water purified through reverse osmosis (ROW) (low water hardness/electrical conductivity), 100

SUBMITTER: Mamai W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826741 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature