Laboratory evaluation of selected larvicides and insect growth regulators against field-collected Culex quinquefasciatus larvae from urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Ali, Arshad ^a   Chowdhury, Manjur A ^b   Hossain, Mohammad I ^c   Mahmud ul ameen, ^c   Habiba, Dilshad B ^c   Aslam, Abu F M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Safeway Pest Control   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. israelensis; Bioassays; Fipronil; Insect growth regulators; Mosquito larvae; Organophosphates; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE HORMONE; METHOPRENE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CULEX; EVALUATION; LARVA;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CULEX; DIFLUBENZURON; EVALUATION STUDIES; INSECTICIDES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; METHOPRENE; PYRIDINES;

EID: 0033094306     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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