Effects of Karanjin, the seed extract of Pongamia pinnata L. (family: fabaceae) on the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. (diptera: culicidae)

Pestology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 64-68

  Padmaja, B ^a   Kulkarni, N V ^a   Ram, G Maruthi ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; SEED; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FABACEAE; PONGAMIA; PONGAMIA PINNATA;

EID: 46849097804     PISSN: 09703012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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