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Topical Application Bioassay to Quantify Insecticide Toxicity for Mosquitoes and Fruit Flies
 

Topical Application Bioassay to Quantify Insecticide Toxicity for Mosquitoes and Fruit Flies

Article DOI: 10.3791/63391-v
January 19th, 2022

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Summary January 19th, 2022

We describe the methodology and importance of the topical application bioassay to measure insecticide susceptibility in mosquitoes and fruit flies. The presented assay is high-throughput, utilizes insect mass-thus allowing for calculating a mass-relativized lethal dose instead of concentration-and likely has lower variability than other similar methods.

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