Laboratory Study to Evaluate the efficacy of Flavocide against Urban Insect Pests

Project Member(s): Miller, P.

Funding or Partner Organisation: BIO-GENE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (BIOGENE)

Start year: 2015

Summary: We will undertake contract research to evaluate the efficacy of a new insecticide molecule developed from a native Australian plant. This will involve screening of the molecule to determine commercial active levels against selected urban pests such as mosquitoes, House flies and Cat fleas.

Keywords: mosquitoes, insects, insecticide

FOR Codes: Invertebrate Biology, Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified, Invertebrate biology , Overweight and obesity

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.