Field trials of three concentrations of Laginex™ as biological larvicide compared to Vectobac™-12as as a biocontrol agent for Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-8

  Hallmon, Charles F ^a   Schreiber, Eric T ^a   Vo, Trung ^a   Bloomquist, Margorett A ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis; Biological control; Culex quinquefasciatus; Lagenidium giganteum; Laginex ; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0034153666     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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