Larvicidal properties of the cyanobacterium Westiellopsis sp. (blue-green algae) against mosquito vectors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-

  Rao, D Raghunatha ^a   Thangavel, C ^b   Kabilan, Lalitha ^a   Suguna, S ^b   Mani, T R ^a   Shanmugasundaram, S ^b  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR)   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Blue green algae; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Cyanobacteria; Vector control; Westiellopsis

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FILARIASIS; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; VECTOR CONTROL; YEAST;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALGAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CYANOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM; WESTIELLOPSIS;

EID: 13044279493     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90002-0     Document Type: Article

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