Effects of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes root extracts on midge Chironomus ramosus larvae: A preliminary note

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-393

  Thorat, Leena J ^a   Nath, Bimalendu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Chironomus ramosus; Eichhornia crassipes; Root extracts; Supernumerary salivary glands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ROOT SYSTEM;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RAMOSUS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS;

EID: 78449246946     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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