Field trials of VectoLex CG®, a Bacillus sphaericus larvicide, in Illinois waste tires and catch basins

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-310

  Siegel, Joel P ^a   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS; CULEX; ILLINOIS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031305450     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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