Technologies
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. |