Biolarvicidal and pupicidal activity of Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd. (Family: Euphorbiaceae) leaf extract and Microbial insecticide, Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) against malaria fever mosquito, Anopheles stephensi Liston. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2263-2270

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

^a School of Physical Sciences   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACALYPHA; ACALYPHA ALNIFOLIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; LC 50; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG SYNERGISM; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PLANT LEAVES; PUPA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ACALYPHA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EUPHORBIACEAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 84863468568     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2758-9     Document Type: Article

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