Lethal and pre-lethal effects of a fungal biopesticide contribute to substantial and rapid control of malaria vectors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Blanford, Simon ^a   Shi, Wangpeng ^a,b   Christian, Riann ^c,d   Marden, James H ^a   Koekemoer, Lizette L ^c,d   Brooke, Basil D ^c,d   Coetzee, Maureen ^c,d   Read, Andrew F ^a,e   Thomas, Matthew B ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; INSECTICIDE;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LETHALITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLIC RATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEAUVERIA; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052293595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023591     Document Type: Article

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