Insecticidal and ovicidal effects of the seed extract of Atriplex canescens against Culex quinquefasciatus

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-71

  Ouda, Nazar A ^a   Al Chalabi, Badia'a M ^b   Al Charchafchi, Fawzia M R ^a   Mohsen, Zohair H ^c  

^a SIRTE UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c Arab Pest Control Center   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Culex quinquefasciatus; Insecticidal effect; Ovicidal effect

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 0031689341     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.1.69.4621     Document Type: Article

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