Field evaluation of a new insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen, against Anopheles farauti, the main vector of malaria in the Solomon Islands

Hiroshi suzurr,2) Takao oKazewe,s) Nathan KrREa) and Hitoshi Kaweoe,5) 2t'3> Entomology Section, Ministry ol Health and Medical Seruices, Honiara, Solomon Islands n) Solomon Islands Malaria Training and Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Seruices, Honiara, Solomon Islands 5) Agricultural Science Research Laboratory, Takarazuka Research Center, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Takarazuka 665, Japan