Studies on Bacillus sphaericus toxicity-related resistance development and biology in the filariasis vector, Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from South India

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 365-371

  Poopathi, Subbiah ^a   Tyagi, Brij K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Binding assays; Biology; Culex quinquefasciatus; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037722691     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.365     Document Type: Article

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