Acaricidal activity of Cassia alata against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  Ravindran, Reghu ^a   Juliet, Sanis ^a   Sunil, Athalathil Ramankutty ^a   Kumar, Karapparambu Gopalan Ajith ^a   Nair, Suresh Narayanan ^a   Amithamol, Krishnan Kavillimakkil ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Amitabh ^b   Rawat, Ajay Kumar Singh ^c   Ghosh, Srikanta ^d  

^a Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University   (India)

^b Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan II   (India)

^c CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acaricidal activity; Cassia alata; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANOL; FECUNDITY; HATCHING; HERB; INHIBITION; MORTALITY; PLANT EXTRACT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASSIA; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; CASSIA; FEMALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

BOOPHILUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; SENNA ALATA;

EID: 82355175876     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9489-6     Document Type: Article

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