Laboratory and field evaluation of the fungus Chrysosporium lobatum against the larvae of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 881-886

  Mohanty, Suman Sundar ^a,b   Prakash, Soam ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABDOMEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM LOBATUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDUCTANCE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CUTICLE; FIELD STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HARDNESS; INDIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LC 50; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STUDENT T TEST; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CULEX; INDIA; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

CHRYSOSPORIUM LOBATUM; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETALES; MONILIACEAE;

EID: 41549117125     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0843-x     Document Type: Article

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