Eco-friendly control of mosquito larvae by Brachytron pratense nymph

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 44-48

  Chatterjee, S N ^b   Ghosh, A ^b   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DRAGONFLY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRACHYTRON PRATENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREDATOR; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; BRACHYTRON PRATENSE;

EID: 34147194283     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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