Anti-tick effects of Stylosanthes humilis and Stylosanthes hamata on plots experimentally infested with Boophilus microplus larvae in Morelos, Mexico

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Fernandez Ruvalcaba, M ^a   Cruz Vazquez, C ^b   Solano Vergara, J ^c   Garcia Vazquez, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b Inst Tecn Agropecuario No 20   (Mexico)

^c Ctro Bachillerato Tecn Agropec N   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti tick effect; Boophilus microplus; Stylosanthes hamata; Stylosanthes humilis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; TICK;

ANIMALS; FABACEAE; MEXICO; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POACEAE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

MEXICO;

ACARI; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CENCHURUS; CENCHURUS CILIARIS; INSECTA; POACEAE; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; STYLOSANTHES HUMILIS;

EID: 0033081163     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006010812891     Document Type: Article

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