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- noun The application of
larvicide
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Examples
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Environmental modifications and manipulations share a number of technical limitations with other methods such as larviciding or biological control of snails and immature mosquito stages.
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When OCP comes to an end in the year 2002, its present strategy of aerial larviciding will no longer be applicable.
Chapter 2 2000
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An extra million dollars was allotted for the city's annual mosquito battle so the insect control branch could reduce its reliance on chemicals and use more biological products for larviciding.
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Stuart credits the city's larviciding program - and favourable weather conditions - with keeping the mosquito numbers in Winnipeg down this year.
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"That, with our larviciding program, has helped assist in reducing overall nuisance and vector mosquito control numbers."
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"We didn't have the same levels of larviciding out there earlier in the year, and with the extra water and things, it was a difficult situation," Morrow said.
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"We didn't have the same levels of larviciding out there earlier in the year, and with the extra water and things, it was a difficult situation," Morrow said.
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Stuart credits the city's larviciding program - and favourable weather conditions - with keeping the mosquito numbers in Winnipeg down this year.
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A large amount of water this spring had the team worried about a potentially bad infestation of the bloodsuckers, but a cool spring followed by hot weather - plus the city's larviciding - made the difference, Stuart said.
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The complementary roles of IRS and larviciding can never be over emphasised.
Vanguard johnabayomi 2010
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