Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies Israelensis sorbed on clays: Persistence and activity against the mosquito Culex pipiens

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 28, Issue PART 2, 2002, Pages 69-78

  Gonzalez P ^a   Pantani, O L ^b   Ristori, G G ^b   Fereres, A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 77956742084     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(02)80009-5     Document Type: Article

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