Larvicidal efficacy of vernonia cinerea (l.) (asteraceae) leaf extracts against the filarial vector culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Biopesticides

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Arivoli, S ^a   Tennyson, Samuel ^a   Jesudoss Martin, J ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Larvicidal activity; Leaf extracts; Vernonia cinerea

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA CINEREA;

EID: 80053083655     PISSN: 0974391X     EISSN: 22308385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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