Studies on larvicidal and pupicidal activity of Leucas aspera Willd. (Lamiaceae) and bacterial insecticide, Bacillus sphaericus, against malarial vector, Anopheles stephensi Liston. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-203

  Kovendan, Kalimuthu ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Vincent, Savariar ^b   Barnard, Donald R ^c  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology   (India)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; INDIA; INSECT; LARVA; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPICIDAL ACTIVITY; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LAMIACEAE; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUPA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS ASPERA;

EID: 84857036369     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2469-2     Document Type: Article

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