Efficacy of VectoLex® WDG against Anopheles quadrimaculatus and Psorophora columbiae larvae in Arkansas and Mississippi rice

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 231-237

  Dennett, James A ^a   Lamar Meek, C ^a   Meisch, Max V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Bacillus sphaericus; Larvicide; Psorophora columbiae; VectoLex ; Water dispersible granules

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARKANSAS; BACILLUS; CULICIDAE; LARVA; MISSISSIPPI; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 0035751396     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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