Efficacy of female Culex quinquefasciatus with entomopathogenic fungus Fusarium pallidoroseum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Mohanty, Suman Sundar ^a   Raghavendra, Kamaraju ^a   Rai, Usha ^b   Dash, Aditya Prasad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PALLIDOROSEUM; INCUBATION TIME; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PALLIDOROSEUM;

EID: 43049116792     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0946-z     Document Type: Article

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