Coconut water as a cheap source for the production of δ endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, a mosquito control agent

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-38

  Prabakaran, G ^a   Hoti, S L ^a   Manonmani, A M ^a   Balaraman, K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Coconut water; Culex quinquefasciatus; Medium; Mosquito; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; COCONUT OIL; LARVICIDAL AGENT;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; EVERGREEN TREE; MOSQUITO; TOXICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCONUT MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INSECT CONTROL; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LC 50; MATERIALS TESTING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; SPOROGENESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; COCOS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 37149033141     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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