Reversal of Low-Level Resistance to Bacillus sphaericus in a Field Population of the Southern House Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) from an Urban Area of Recife, Brazil

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Silva Filha, Maria Helena ^a,b   Regis, Lêda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Field management; Resistance; Vector control

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BRAZIL; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031115146     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.299     Document Type: Article

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