Technologies

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title:

Mosquito Larvicidal Formulation Based on Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis

Area:

Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Agricultural Sciences

Focus Area:

Biocontrol agents

Brief Description

Description :

A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis was isolated from a soil sample collected from a paddy field near Pondicherry and found to be highly toxic to anopheline and culicine mosquitoes and safe to honey bees and silk worms.

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