Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana reduce the survival of Xenopsylla brasiliensis larvae (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mnyone, Ladslaus L ^a,b   Nghabi, Kija R ^a   Mazigo, Humphrey D ^c   Katakweba, Abdul A ^b   Lyimo, Issa N ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Faculty of Medicine Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; LARVA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; VECTOR CONTROL; XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; XENOPSYLLA;

ARTHROPODA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA;

EID: 84866275560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-204     Document Type: Article

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