| experimental introduction of a microsporidian into a wild population of culex pipiens fatigans wied. | chemical control of c. p. fatigans frequently fails because the mosquito rapidly develops resistance to insecticides. a possible alternative or complementary method is biological control, including the introduction of pathogens. the microsporidian plistophora culicis was known to infect readily and have an adverse effect on c. p. fatigans populations in the laboratory, so an attempt was made to introduce and establish this pathogen in a wild population of the mosquito on the pacific island of na ... | 1972 | 4538542 |