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## Background Malaria mosquitoes spend a considerable part of their life in the aquatic stage, rendering them vulnerable to interventions directed to aquatic habitats. Recent successes of mosquito larval control have been reported using environmental and biological tools. Here, we report the effects of shading by plants and biological control agents on the development and survival of anopheline and culicine mosquito larvae in man-made natural habitats in western Kenya. Trials consisted of environmental manipulation using locally available plants, the introduction of predatory fish and/or the use of __Bacillus thuringiensis__ var. __israelensis__ (__Bti__) in various combinations. ## Results Man-made habitats provided with shade from different crop species produced significantly fewer larvae than those without shade especially for the malaria vector __Anopheles gambiae__. Larval control of the African malaria mosquito __An. gambiae__ and other mosquito species was effective in habitats where both predatory fish and __Bti__ were applied, than where the two biological control agents were administered independently. ## Conclusion We conclude that integration of environmental management

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Author

Susan S Imbahale; Collins K Mweresa; Willem Takken; Wolfgang R Mukabana

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2008-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.; Research Square (ISSN 1756-3305)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)