Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metch) Sorok and Beauveria bassiana (Bals) Vuill to adult Phlebotomus duboscqi (Neveu-Lemaire) in the laboratory

Background & objectives: Biological control of sandflies using entomopathogenic fungi is a possible alternativeto the expensive synthetic chemical control. It is potentially sustainable, less hazardous, and relatively inexpensiveand merits further investigations. The objective of this study was...

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Main Author: Philip M. Ngumbi, Lucy W. Irungu, Paul N. Ndegwa & Nguya K. Maniania
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/481037.pdf