Screening of Bacillus thuringiensis strains effective against mosquitoes

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Monnerat, Rose Gomes ^a   Dias, Daniel Gerhein Souza ^a   Da Silva, Silvania Ferreira ^a   Martins, Erica Soares ^a   Berry, Colin ^b   Falcão, Rosana ^a   Gomes, Ana Cristina Menezes Mendes ^a   Praça, Lilian Botelho ^a   Soares, Carlos Marcelo Silveira ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bthek Biotecnologia Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bioinsecticide; Culex quinquefasciatus

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 18944372431     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2005000200001     Document Type: Article

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