Field and laboratory studies on water conditions affecting the potency of VectoBac® (Bacillus thuringiensis serotype H-14) against larvae of the blackfly, Simulium damnosum

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 404-412

  Wilson, M D ^a   Akpabey, F J ^b,c   Osei Atweneboana, M Y ^a   Boakye, D A ^a   Ocran, M ^c   Kurtak, D C ^d   Cheke, R A ^e   Mensah, G E ^a   Birkhold, D ^f   Cibulsky, R ^f  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d ABBOTT Laboratories Inc ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

endotoxins; Bacillus thuringiensis serotype H 14 formulation; Conductivity; Ghana; Insecticides; Larvicides; Lethal concentrations; Onchocerciasis; pH; Pra River; River water conditions; Simulium damnosum; Temperature; Turbidity; VectoBac ; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; LARVA; RIVER WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLY; GHANA; LARVA; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRESH WATER; GHANA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MORTALITY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM SENSU LATO;

EID: 29144436231     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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