Biological fitness of a Culex quinquefasciatus population and its resistance to Bacillus sphaericus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-129

  De Oliveira, Cláudia Maria F ^a   Filho, Fernando Costa ^a   Beltràn, Joe F N ^a   Silva Filha, Maria Helena ^a   Regis, Lêda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Fitness cost; Laboratory selection; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; OOCYTE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0037805234     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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