Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis to chironomids in pond mesocosms

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 343-354

  Liber, Karsten ^a,b   Schmude, Kurt L ^a   Rau, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis; Chironomids; Toxicity; Wetland

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOPESTICIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

MINNESTOTA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032321152     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008867815244     Document Type: Article

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