Biocidal activity of Bacillus species for Anopheles larvae

Folia Biologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Shakoori, Abdul R ^a   Anwar, Saeed ^a   Khurshed, Nazia ^a   Haq, Riazul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bioinsecticide; Endotoxin proteins; Mosquito larvae

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MORTALITY;

BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 0033400524     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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