Use of a plant molluscicide, Apodytes dimidiata, in a preliminary field trial in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 303-305

  Brackenbury, Therese D ^a   Appleton, C C ^a   Kayonga, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAIL;

KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UMHLANGA RIVER;

APODYTES DIMIDIATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030665846     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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