Wolbachia endosymbiont in some insect pests of sericulture

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1671-1674

  Prakash, B M ^a   Puttaraju, H P ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Insect pests; Sericulture; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTHERAEA MYLITTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MORUS (PLANT); TERMINALIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33745834289     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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