Properties and applied use of the mosquitocidal bacterium, Bacillus sphaericus

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a   Bideshi, Dennis K ^a,b   Federici, Brian A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bin; Mosquitocidal; Recombinant; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA;

EID: 77955573497     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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