Aqueous neem extract versus neem powder on Culex quinquefasciatus: Implications for control in anthropogenic habitats

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kudom, Andreas A ^a   Mensah, Ben A ^a   Botchey, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Biopesticide; Local preparation; Mosquito control; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELIACEAE; SAPINDALES;

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FRUIT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CULEX; FRUIT; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84857281834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.14201     Document Type: Article

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