Evaluation of water-soluble pouches of bacillus sphaericus applied as prehatch treatment against culex mosquitoes in simulated catch basins

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-60

  Su, Tianyun Steven ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Culex; Prehatch treatment; Simulated catch basins; Water soluble pouches

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CULEX; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER;

EID: 44649164032     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5604.1     Document Type: Article

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