Larvicidal efficacy of medicinal plant extracts against Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Kamaraj, C ^a   Abdul Rahuman, A ^a   Bagavan, A ^a   Abduz Zahir, A ^a   Elango, G ^a   Kandan, P ^a   Rajakumar, G ^a   Marimuthu, S ^a   Santhoshkumar, T ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77957689158     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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