Enhanced ovicidal activity of an oil formulation of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae on the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Albernaz, D A S ^a   Tai, M H H ^a   Luz, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg development; Formulation; Fungi; Humidity; Mosquito; Vegetable oil.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOSQUITO; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; METARHIZIUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HYPOCREALES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 65349181602     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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