Ka Namu BTi/Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis Pauka

ʻO Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) he huaʻaʻa lepo kūlohelohe e hiki ke pepehi pono i nā elo namu i loko o ka wai.ʻO ia kekahi o nā maʻi he nui o Bacillus thuringiensis, loaʻa i kēlā me kēia me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻona.He kikoʻī loa ka Bti no nā makika a me nā nalo ʻeleʻele, a he mea ʻawaʻawa kona i kekahi mau dipterans ʻē aʻe (me nā midges).ʻO Bti ka mea mua i hoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ka makika ma muli o kona ʻona haʻahaʻa i nā ʻano mea ʻole.I ka wā e pono ai ka hoʻomalu namu kaiaulu e hōʻemi i ka maʻi namu, makemake ke Keʻena Ola i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā noi larvicide i ke kumu hoʻohua o nā makika.ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau larvicides a ʻoi aku ka ʻawaʻawa ma mua o nā pulupulu makika makua, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻike kanaka.