Toxicological studies on the latex of the usher plant Calotropis procera (Ait.) in Saudi Arabia IV. Effects of partly purified usher latex and of the poison gland secretion of the usherhopper, Poekilocerus bufonius Klug on the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria Forskal. (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 709-716

  Al Robai, Ali A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; MORTALITY; POISON GLAND; SAUDI ARABIA; SECRETION; TOXICITY;

ACRIDIDAE; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; ORTHOPTERA; POEKILOCERUS; POEKILOCERUS BUFONIUS; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

LATEX; LOCUST; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY TEST;

EID: 0031284470     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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