Toxicity of two carbamate insecticides to the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 and computations of partial lethal concentrations by the probit method

Microbios

Volumn 106, Issue 414, 2001, Pages 81-95

  Padhy, Rabindra N ^a   Mohapatra, Kanak ^b  

^a Khallikote College   (India)

^b Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena PCC 7120; Carbaryl; Carbofuran; Lethal concentrations; Probit; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; INSECTICIDE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LD 50; STATISTICS;

ANABAENA; CARBARYL; CARBOFURAN; CULTURE MEDIA; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035230469     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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