Use of metaldehyde as a molluscicide in semicommercial and commercial milkfish ponds

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 669-674

  Coloso, R M ^a   Borlongan, I G ^a   Blum, R A ^b  

^a SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

^b LONZA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerithidea cingulata; Metaldehyde; Milkfish ponds; Molluscicide

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE;

PHILIPPINES;

CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0032214636     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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