Effect of medicinal plants on the mosquito vectors from the different agroclimatic regions of Tamil Nadu, India

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Kovendan, K ^a   Murugan, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acanthus ilicifolius; Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Clerodendron inerme; Culex quinquefasciatus; Mosquitocidal activity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS ILICIFOLIUS; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CLERODENDRUM INERME; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS GROUP;

EID: 79960414605     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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