Laboratory and field evaluation of some chemical and biological larvicides against Culex spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) immature stages

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-119

  Al Sarar, Ali S ^a   Al Shahrani, Dafreen ^a   Bayoumi, Alaa E ^a   Abobakr, Yasser ^a   Hussein, Hamdy I ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bti; Control; Culex spp.; Larvicides; Mosquitoes; Pyriproxyfen; Temephos

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79951868204     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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