Some environmental and biological factors influencing the activity of entomopathogenic Bacillus on mosquito larvae in Brazil

Some environmental and biological factors influencing the activity of entomopathogenic Bacillus on mosquito larvae in Brazil

The influence of environmental and biological factors on the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and B. sphaericus as mosquito larvicides are reviewed. The importance of strain dependence, cultivating media/methods, mosquito species/specificity, formulations and their relation to...

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Main Authors: R. A. G. B Consoli, C. J Carvalho-Pinto, M. A Oliveira, B. S Santos, M. A Lamounier, R. S. A Alves, C. M. B Silva, L Rabinovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1995-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
mosquito control
Bacillus thuringiensis s. israelensis
Bacillus sphaericus
environment
biological factors
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