Effects of water color and chemical compounds on the oviposition behavior of gravid culex pipiens pallens females under Laboratory conditions

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Li, Jing ^a   Deng, Tianfu ^b   Li, Hongjie ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Mo, Jianchu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

compound; Culex pipiens pallens; dye; gravid female; oviposition

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PALLENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 77958536454     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3954/1523-5475-26.1.23     Document Type: Article

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