Laboratory selection for resistance to Bacillus sphaericus in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from California, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 534-540

  Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Georghiou, George P ^a   Malik, Javed Iqbal ^b   Abro, Ghulam Hussain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EPI Punjab   (Pakistan)

^c Z A Bhutto Agricultural College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Insecticide resistance; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034218699     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.534     Document Type: Article

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