Field efficacy of granular formulations of bacillus thuringiensis israelensis - Strain Am65-52 against floodwater mosquitoes in Poland and Germany

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Rydzanicz, Katarzyna ^a   Dechant, Peter ^b   Becker, Norbert ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b Valent BioSciences Corporation   (United States)

^c German Mosquito Control Association KABS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Germany; granules; mosquito control; Poland

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GERMANY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POLAND; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; GERMANY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLAND; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; OCHLEROTATUS CANTANS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 77956576333     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/09-5980.1     Document Type: Article

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