[A trial of Romanomermis iyengari and R. culicivorax mermithids as a means for controlling blood-sucking mosquitoes in the Tadzhik SSR].

Field trials of R. iyengari and R. culicivorax in the biological control for the mosquito larvae were conducted in Parkhar, Kuibyshevsk, Gissar districts and the outskirts of the city of Dushanbe, the Tadjik SSR.

[The mass rearing of the mermithid nematode Romanomermis culicivorax].

The procedure of mass laboratory rearing of mermithid nematode Romanomermis culicivorax, a parasite of mosquito larvae, is described. Culex pipiens molestus larvae are used as a host for cultivation at the host: preparasites ratios of 1:4-1:6, enabling to obtain the greatest mass of nematodes (over 500 mg per 1 thousand of infested mosquito larvae) when the male female ratio in culture was 1:1. This rearing technique allows to obtain on average 350 thousand invasive mermithid preparasites per 1 g of adult mermithids.

[Trials to introduce Romanomermis culicivorax (Nematoda: Mermithidae), mosquito larva parasites, into the reservoirs of Voronezh and Moscow Province].

Possibility of using Romanomermis culicivorax for mosquito control in the town of Voronezh and Moscow Province has been assessed. The infection rate of mosquito larvae didn't exceed 26% when preparasitic juveniles were released into water bodies at a ratio of 1-3 thousand per 1 m2 and temperature 18-25 degrees C. There were no evidences of mermithid settlement and hibernation in the water bodies of Voronezh.

[An evaluation of the possibility of using Romanomermis iyengari Welch mermithids for mosquito control in Uzbekistan].

Mermithid nematodes Romanomermis iyengari were released into 13 natural water bodies of various types at a ratio of 300-8000 invasive preparasites per 1 m2 of water surface in Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. Infected larvae of Anopheles martinius, An. hyrcanus, Culex modestus were found in 6 water bodies with low content of dissolved salts (Ca2+ + + Mg2(+)-3.

[The prospects for using Romanomermis culicivorax and R. iyengari (Nematoda: Mermithidae) for mosquito control in Azerbaijan].

The parasitic nematodes Romanomermis culicivorax and R. iyengari, were evaluated as a means of bloodsucking mosquito larvae control in Apsheron Peninsula (the city of Baku) and Lenkoran Lowland (Masally District) in Azerbaijan. Being once brought, mermithids got acclimatized in 12 shallow freshwater nonpolluted pools with aquatic flora and inhibited the emergence of 13-97% of mosquitoes during the summer period.