Toxicity of neem leaves extract (NLX) compared with malathion (57 E.C.) against late 3rd instar larvae of Culex fatigans (wild strain) by WHO method

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-218

  Azmi, Mohammad Arshad ^a   Naqvi, Syed Naeemul Hassan ^a   Ahmad, Imtiaz ^a   Tabassum, Rahila ^a   Anbreen, Bushra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVA; MALATHION; MOSQUITO; NEEM; TOXICITY;

CULEX FATIGANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032449394     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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