Evaluation of different species of Bacillus isolated from soil samples as bioinsecticide against housefly, Musca domestica

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-383

  Shakoori, A R ^a   Iftikhar, Naheed ^a   Khurshed, Nazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bioinsecticide; Endotoxin proteins; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOPESTICIDE; FLY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

BACILLUS ALVEI; BACILLUS BREVIS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0033491971     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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