Larvicidal activity of a granular formulation of a melia volkensii (gurke) acetone extract against aedes aegyptil

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Awala, Peter ^a   Mwangi, Richard W ^a   Irungu, Lucy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acdcs ncgypti; Larvicidal activity; Mclin volkensii

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747057143     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400023444     Document Type: Article

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