Susceptibility of adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to infection by Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana: Prospects for Dengue vector control

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1017-1025

  De Paula, Adriano Rodrigues ^a   Brito, Eliane Souza ^a   Pereira, César Ronald ^a   Carrera, Marinete Pinheiro ^a   Samuels, Richard Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic fungus; Insect; Vector; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FEMALE; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 58049138560     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150802509199     Document Type: Article

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