Susceptibility of laboratory-reared anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) and field-collected culex quinquefasciatus larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. Israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus in Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 915-919

  Jahan, Nusrat ^a   Hussain, Naila ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Laboratory bioassays; Malaria vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DISEASE VECTOR; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 80055051780     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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