Larvicidal effects of endophytic and basidiomycete fungus extracts on Aedes and Anopheles larvae (Diptera, Culicidae)

Introduction In vitro bioassays were performed to access the larvicidal activity of crude extracts from the endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis virgulata (Melanconiales, Amphisphaeriaceae) and the saprophytic fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus (Basidiomycetes, Polyporaceae) against the mosquitoes Aedes aegyp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors:	Augusto Bucker, Nadia Cristina Falcao Bucker, Antonia Queiroz Lima de Souza, Auricelia Matos da Gama, Edson Rodrigues-Filho, Fabio Medeiros da Costa, Cecilia Veronica Nunez, Ademir Castro e Silva, Wanderli Pedro Tadei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-08-01
Subjects:	Endophytic fungi Saprophytic fungi Larvicidal Tropical diseases
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000400411&lng=en&tlng=en