Development of an Alternative Low-Cost Larval Diet for Mass Rearing of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes.
Umesha SenevirathnaLahiru UdayangaG A S M GanehiarachchiMenaka HapugodaTharaka RanathungeNilmini Silva GunawardenePublished in: BioMed research international (2020)
Based on all the growth and developmental parameters, the D2 diet tends to perform similar to the IAEA-recommended diet in mass rearing of Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, while being more inexpensive. Therefore, larval diet D2 could be suggested as the ideal diet for mass rearing of Ae. aegypti for IIT and SIT-based vector control in Sri Lanka.