International indoor and outdoor evaluation of Bacillus sphaericus products: Complexity of standardizing outdoor protocols

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 218-226

  Thiery, Isabelle ^a   Baldet, Thierry ^b   Barbazan, Philippe ^b   Becker, Norbert ^c   Junginger, Bernhard ^c   Mas, Jean Pierre ^d   Moulinier, Claude ^e   Nepstad, Karen ^c   Orduz, Sergio ^f   Sinègre, Gilbert ^g  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c KABS   (Germany)

^d EID Atlantique   (France)

^e BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CIB Biological Control Unit   (Colombia)

^g EID Languedoc Roussillon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CULEX;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES;

EID: 0031217914     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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