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Filtering by: Advisor Stephen, William P. Decade 1980-1989 Resource Type Masters Thesis

Interactions and persistence of the mosquitocidal bacteria Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis

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Donegan, Katherine K.

Abstract:

Interactions between Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), persistence of insecticidal activity in the mosquito habitat, and suitability of enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting and quantifying bacterial endotoxin in the mosquito habitat were investigated. Interactions between the two bacterial species were examined by laboratory and field bioassays with...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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. israelensis Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Willi P. Stephen Interactions between Bacillus