A novel method for evaluating the particle distributional behavior of a spray-dried technical concentrate and a water-dispersible granule formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis in an aqueous column

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Clark, Jason D ^a   Devisetty, Bala N ^a   Krause, Steve C ^a   Novak, Robert J ^b,c   Warrior, Prem ^a  

^a Valent BioSciences Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis; Brownian motion; Coulter counter ; Particle behavior; Water column

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS;

EID: 34248653245     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[60:ANMFET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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