New insights on the effectiveness of Metarhizium anisopliae formulation and application against Aedes aegypti eggs

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Sousa, N A ^a   Lobo, L S ^a   Rodrigues, J ^a   Luz, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Application; Biological control; Clavicipitaceae; Culicidae; Entomopathogenic fungi; Formulation; Hypocreales; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FUNGI; MOSQUITO CONTROL; VECTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CULICIDAE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FORMULATION; HYPOCREALE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOSQUITO; OIL BASED;

EMULSIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; BREEDING SITE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; EGG; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; MOSQUITO; OIL; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; EGG LAYING; EMULSION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; OIL IN WATER EMULSION; SPOROGENESIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CULICIDAE; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

APPLICATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CULICIDAE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; FORMULATION; HYPOCREALES; MOSQUITOES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84881614519     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12097     Document Type: Article

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