Toxicity of a phenyl pyrazole insecticide, fipronil, to mosquito and chironomid midge larvae in the laboratory

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-218

  Ali, Arshad ^a   Nayar, Jai K ^b   Gu, Wei Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes spp; Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Chironomidae; Chironomus crassicaudatus; Culex spp; Fipronil; Glyptotendipes paripes; Laboratory bioassays

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULEX; MOSQUITO;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; INSECTICIDES; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 0032084220     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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