Cardiocladius oliffi (Diptera: Chironomidae) as a potential biological control agent against Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Boakye, Daniel A ^a,b,c   Fokam, Eric ^b   Ghansah, Anita ^a   Amakye, Josef ^c   Wilson, Michael D ^a   Brown, Charles A ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CARDIOCLADIUS OLIFFI; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; VECTOR CONTROL;

CARDIOCLADIUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM;

EID: 65949114868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-20     Document Type: Article

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