Larvicidal and insecticidal properties of some marine sponges collected in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar waters

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Venkateswara Rao, J ^a   Usman, P K ^a   Bharat Kumar, J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHARAT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Biological screening; India; Marine sponges; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; PESTICIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; DENDRILLA NIGRA; EXTRACT; FEMALE; HALICLONA; HALICLONA CRIBRICUTIS; HALICLONA PIGMENTIFERA; HOUSE FLY; INDIA; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PSAMMAPLYSILLA PURPUREA; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENDRILLA NIGRA; HALICLONA; HALICLONA CRIBRICUTIS; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PETROSIA TESTUDINARIA; PSAMMAPLYSILLA PURPUREA;

EID: 38549128182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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