Growth Inhibitory Nature of Artemisia annua Extract against Culex quinquefasciatus (Say)

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Sharma, Preeti ^a   Mohan, Lalit ^a   Srivastava, C N ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (India)

Author keywords

culicine larvae; development; metamorphosis; Phytoextract

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS;

EID: 68949090550     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60319-2     Document Type: Article

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