A novel cost-effective medium for the production of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis for mosquito control

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Poopathi, Subbiah ^a   Archana, B ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOMASS; CULEX; CULTURE MEDIA; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859096220     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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