Screening of Brazilian Bacillus sphaericus strains for high toxicity against Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 469-473

  Monnerat, R ^a   Da Silva, S F ^a   Dias, D S ^b   Martins, E S ^a   Praca L B ^a   Jones, G W ^c   Soares, C M ^b   De Souza Dias, J M C ^a   Berry, C ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Bthek Biotecnologia Ltda   (Brazil)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bacillus sphaericus; Bioassay; Biological control; Culex quinquefasciatus; Mosquito; Vector disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MOSQUITO; TOXICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 4043082702     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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