LABORATORY EVALUATION OF TMOF+Bti ( QUITI-KILL / MOUSTICIDE BIOLARVICIDE ) WETTABLE POWDER AGAINST Aedes aegypti LARVAE

The Medical Entomology Laboratory of the Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines- Manila was engaged to do a laboratory evaluation of TMOF+Bti ( QUITI-KILL / MOUSTICIDE ) Wettable Powder and, in December 2011.  The larvicide was tested against 3rd-4th instar larvae of Aedes aegypti.

The study concluded that QUITI-KILL BioLarvicide Wettable Powder “was effective in killing 100% of the test larvae at concentrations 0.05 to 1.0 PPM.”

The table below shows the mean larval mortality within 24 and 48 hours compared to negative control.

Mean Larval Mortality using TMOF+Bti WP, within 24 and 48 Hours