Mosquitocidal properties of Calotropis gigantea (Family: Asclepiadaceae) leaf extract and bacterial insecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis, against the mosquito vectors

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 531-544

  Kovendan, Kalimuthu ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Prasanna Kumar, Kanagarajan ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Mahesh Kumar, Palanisamy ^a   Amerasan, Duraisamy ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Vincent, Savariar ^b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TAP WATER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EVAPORATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ASCLEPIADACEAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUPA; RABBITS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; APOCYNACEAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 84866047840     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2865-2     Document Type: Article

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