Effects of organic and inorganic fertilisers on mosquito populations in rice fields of southern India

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-368

  Victor, T J ^a   Reuben, R ^b  

^a Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Culex pseudovishnui; Cx. tritaeniorhynchus; Cx. vishnui; India; Inorganic fertilisers; Japanese encephalitis; Madurai; Mosquito immatures; Organic manures; Oryza sativa; Paddy; Rice fields; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; UREA;

DISEASE CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MOSQUITO; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MANURE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FERTILIZERS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MANURE; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; UREA;

INDIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CULEX PSEUDOVISHNUI; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULEX VISHNUI; CULICIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ORYZA SATIVA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033635027     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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