Toxic effects of a recently introduced carbamate pesticide, Dunet (methomyl) on Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Basheer, Shabana ^a   Vasudev, V ^b   Venu, R ^a   Guruprasad, K P ^a   Harish, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Dunet; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; METHOMYL;

PESTICIDE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033012016     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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