Toxic impact of organophosphorus insecticides on the growth and economic characters of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Surendra Nath, B ^b   Sathyanarayana Raju, Ch ^c   Suresh, A ^a   Surendra Kumar, R P ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL SILK BOARD   (India)

^c CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; economic characters; ethion; fenitrothion

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDIA; LETHAL DOSE; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; TOXICITY TESTING;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

ETHION; FENITROTHION; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; SILKWORM; TOXICITY;

SERICULTURE; SILKWORMS BOMBAY, MORI;

EID: 0030988413     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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