Larvicidal efficacy of plant oils against the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-68

  Tennyson, Samuel ^a   Samraj, D Arul ^a   Jeyasundar, D ^a   Chalieu, Keduokhrienuo ^a  

^a MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Essential plant oils; Larvicide; Vector mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874168370     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.13.1.64107     Document Type: Article

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