Mosquito breeding in relation to aquatic vegetation and some physico-chemical parameters in rice fields of central Gujarat

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-40

  Kant, Rajni ^a   Pandey, S D ^b   Sharma, S K ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Mosquitoes; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INDIA; ORYZA SATIVA; REPRODUCTION; WATER;

EID: 0030098763     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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