Enhancement of insect susceptibility and larvicidal efficacy of Cry4Ba toxin by calcofluor

Abstract Background Mosquitoes transmit many vector-borne infectious diseases including malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, filariasis, and Japanese encephalitis. The insecticidal δ-endotoxins Cry4, Cry11, and Cyt produced from Bacillus thuringiensis have been used for bio-control of mosquit...

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Main Authors: Somphob Leetachewa, Narumol Khomkhum, Somsri Sakdee, Ping Wang, Saengduen Moonsom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3110-3