Larvicidal activities of six plants extracts against two mosquito species, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-365

  Patil, S V ^a   Patil, C D ^a   Salunkhe, R B ^a   Salunke, B K ^a,b  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SURVIVAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650799643     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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