Effect of tadpole shrimp, triops longicaudatus, (notostraca: Triopsidae), on the efficacy of the microbial control agent Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis in experimental microcosms

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-38

  Fry O'Brien, Lisa L ^a,b   Mulla, Mir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LARVA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULEX; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030103083     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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