Evaluation on larvicidal effects of essential oils of some local plants against Anopheles arabiensis Patton and Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Ethiopia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4183-4188

  Massebo, Fekadu ^a   Tadesse, Mekuria ^b   Bekele, Tesfaye ^b   Balkew, Meshesha ^a   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Agricultural Research Institute of Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles arabiensis; Botanical larvicides; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; BASIL; BLACK CUMIN; BLACK PEPPER; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EUCALYPTUS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; LIPPIA; MENTHA SPICATA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM LAMIIFOLIUM; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT; SCHINUS MOLLE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTHROPODA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCIMUM;

EID: 70349411984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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