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Specificity of Plant Feeding in Mosquitoes as determined by Radioactive Phosphorus

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THE development of resistance to insecticides in mosquito populations has made it increasingly apparent that alternative methods of control are required. In this connexion, the plant-feeding habits of mosquitoes might offer a possible approach to control by biological means. If specificity could be proved in the plant-feeding habits of any mosquito species, the extermination of such plants might lead to the control of that species.

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  1. West, A. S., and Jenkins, D. W., Mosquito News, 11, 217 (1951).

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  1. A. A. ABDEL-MALEK: McGill University Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology.

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  1. Biology Branch, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario

    A. A. ABDEL-MALEK & W. F. BALDWIN

  2. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt

    A. A. ABDEL-MALEK

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ABDEL-MALEK, A., BALDWIN, W. Specificity of Plant Feeding in Mosquitoes as determined by Radioactive Phosphorus. Nature 192, 178–179 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192178a0

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