Insecticidal activity of bacillus spp. from soil samples in pakistan against the house fly, musca domestica

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-306

  Shakoori, A R ^a   Afroz, Salma ^a   Khurshid, Nazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

B. Alvei, mitsca domestica; B. Congiilnus; B. Incgaterium; Bacillus spp; Bioinsecticide; House fly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342463541     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s174275840001852x     Document Type: Article

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