Heteropteran insects as mosquito predators in water jars in southern Vietnam

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Ohba, Shin ya ^a,c   Huynh, T T Trang ^b   Kawada, Hitoshi ^a   Le, Loan Luu ^b   Ngoc, Huu Tran ^b   Hoang, San Le ^b   Higa, Yukiko ^a   Takagi, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Corixidae; PCR; Veliidae; Water jars

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIET NAM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; HETEROPTERA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIETNAM;

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPEPODA; CORIXIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MICRONECTA; MICROVELIA; VELIIDAE;

EID: 79957994807     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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