Efficacy of culture filtrates of Metarhizium anisopliae against larvae of Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1199-1202

  Mohanty, Suman Sundar ^a   Raghavendra, Kamaraju ^a   Mittal, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Dash, Aditya Prasad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chitin; Efficacy; Larvae; Metabolites; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mosquitoes; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; FILTRATION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULTURE MEDIA; LARVA; METARHIZIUM;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 51649109041     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-008-0434-6     Document Type: Article

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