Beauveria bassiana (Clavicipitaceae): a potent fungal agent for controlling mosquito vectors of Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

The efficacy of bioactive compounds identified from <italic>Beauveria bassiana</italic> extracts as effective larvicidal and pupicidal agents against <italic>Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus</italic> and <italic>Aedes aegypti</italic> mosquito vectors under laboratory conditions are studied.