Efficacy of different organophosphate and synthetic pyrethroid insecticides to the larvae of malaria vector Anopheles stephensi, Liston

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-488

  Bansal, S K ^a   Singh, Karam V ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

An. stephensi; Desert; Insecticides; Larvae; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; FENITROTHION; FENTHION; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; TEMEFOS;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC 50; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PEST CONTROL;

ASIA; BIKANER; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; INSECTA;

EID: 4644295881     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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