Larvicidal and smoke repellency effect of Toddalia asiatica and Aegle marmelos against the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)

Entomological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-65

  Vineetha, Arunachalam ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aegle marmelos; Larvicidal; Pupicidal; Smoke toxicity; Toddalia asiatica

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEGLE MARMELOS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; TODDALIA ASIATICA;

EID: 58249107919     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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