Potential of some Metarhizium anisopliae isolates for control of Culex quinquefasciatus (Dipt., Culicidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 504-509

  Alves, S B ^a   Alves, L F A ^a,b   Lopes, R B ^a   Pereira, R M ^a,c   Vieira, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOSQUITO;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONIDIUM; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LC 50; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 0036862416     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2002.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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