Field trials with Bacillus sphaericus formulations against polluted water mosquitoes in a suburban area of Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-304

  Mulla, Mir S ^a   Rodcharoen, Jittawadee ^b   Ngamsuk, Wichai ^c   Tawatsin, Apiwat ^c   Pan Urai, Prakong ^c   Thavara, Usavadee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; THAILAND; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SUBURBAN POPULATION; THAILAND; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031305673     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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