Field trials with tank mixtures of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus formulations against culex pipiens larvae in septic tanks in Antalya, Turkey

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Cetin, Huseyin ^a   Dechant, Peter ^b   Yanikoglu, Atila ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Valent BioSciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Biological control; Culex pipiens; Mosquito control; Septic tanks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TURKEY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 34548049518     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[161:FTWTMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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