Toxicity of VectoLex (Bacillus sphaericus) products to selected Australian mosquito and nontarget species

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Brown, M D ^a,b   Watson, T M ^b   Carter, J ^b   Purdie, D M ^b   Kay, B H ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes; Bacillus sphaericus; Culex; Insecticide; Mosquitoes; Nontarget

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SITIENS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCHLEROTATUS VIGILAX; OCHLEROTATUS. NOTOSCRIPTUS;

EID: 0742295896     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.1.51     Document Type: Article

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