Larvicidal efficacy of leaf extract of two botanicals against the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-212

  Remia, K M ^a   Logaswamy, S ^a  

^a KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Botanicals; Catharanthus roseus; Insects; Lantana camara; Larvicides; Mosquito vector

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 79551625765     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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