Laboratory and field evaluation of metarhizium anisopliae for the control of dengue vector, aedes aegypti (insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1195-1201

  Kamalakannan, Siva ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Metarhizium anisopliae; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; DIPTERA; DOSE-DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FIELD EVALUATION; FIELD STUDIES; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; LARVAL STAGE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; MOSQUITO LARVAE; VECTORIAL CAPACITY;

LABORATORIES;

MOSQUITO CONTROL;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PUPA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 79960688275     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.580577     Document Type: Article

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