Pathogenicity tests on nine mosquito species and several non-target organisms with Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nemata Mermithidae)

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-414

  Becnel, James J ^a   Johnson, Margaret A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes taeniorhynchus; Aedes triseriatus; Anopheles albimanus; Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Biological control; Chironomus sp.; Copepoda; Corethrella brakeleyi; Corixidae; Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus; Culex restuans; Culicidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032236624     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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