Toxicity of a mosquitocidal metabolite of Pseudomonas flourescens on larvae & pupae of the house fly, Musca domestica

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-119

  Padmanabhan, V ^a   Prabakaran, G ^a   Paily, K P ^a   Balaraman, K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Biological control; Liquid formulation; Metabolite; Musca domestica; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; INSECTICIDE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HOUSE FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LC 50; METABOLITE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPTERA; LARVA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 15544364929     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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