Toxicity of the Thai piscicidal plant, Maesa ramentacea, to freshwater fishes in ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Chiayvareesajja, Sommai ^a   Rittibhonbhun, Niti ^a   Hongpromyart, Manoj ^b   Wiriyachitra, Pichaet ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Fisheries ^*  (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Maesa ramentacea; Tea seed cake; Toxicity persistence; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PISCICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXICITY;

CALRIAS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMBUSIA; MAESA RAMENTACEA; MYRSINACEAE; PREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PUNTIUS GONINOTUS;

EID: 0031574416     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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