Oviposition attractancy of bacterial culture filtrates - Response of Culex quinquefasciatus

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 359-362

  Poonam, S ^a   Paily, K P ^a   Balaraman, K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Culex quinquefasciatus; Metabolites; Oviposition attractant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CULEX; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CULEX; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0036547790     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300015     Document Type: Article

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