Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis Crystals to Aedes aegypti Larvae: Carbonate Reversal

Authors

Danny J. Schnell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kenneth Nickerson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

May 1983

Comments

Published in APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, May 1983, P. 1691-1693 Vol. 45, No. 5. Copyright 1983, American Society for Microbiology. Used by permission.

Abstract

The toxicity of purified Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis crystals to larvae of Aedes aegypti could be reversed 100-fold by levels of K₂CO₃ as low as 0.15%.