Evaluation of various control agents against mosquito larvae in rice paddies in Taiwan

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 126-132

  Teng, Hwa Jen ^a   Lu, Liang Chen ^a   Wu, Yen Li ^b   Fang, Jing Gwo ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Sugar Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anopheles sinensis; Control agent; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Rice paddies

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; TEMEFOS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; LAGENIDIUM; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RICE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LAGENIDIUM; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TAIWAN; TEMEFOS;

ANOPHELES SINENSIS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; LAGENIDIUM; LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM;

EID: 22144479441     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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