Activity of oil-formulated Beauveria bassiana against Triatoma sordida in peridomestic areas in Central Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Luz, Christian ^a   Rocha, Luiz F N ^a   Nery, Gustavo V ^a   Magalhães, Bonifácio P ^b   Tigano, Myrian S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Central Brazil; Field test; Peridomestic; Triatoma sordida

Indexed keywords

OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; FUNGAL DETECTION; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; SEASON; TRIATOMA;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA SORDIDA;

EID: 2542583037     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000200017     Document Type: Article

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