Toxicity of a mosquitocidal metabolite of Pseudomonas fluorescens on larvae & pupae of the house fly, Musca domestica.

Abstract

The formulation prepared from the exotoxin of P. fluorescens was toxic to the house fly. Pupae were more susceptible than larvae and the activity of the toxin might have been through cuticular absorption. The results are indicative of the possibility of development of the mosquitocidal metabolite for house fly control through appropriate field evaluations.