Efficacy of a mermithid nematode Romanomermis iyengari (Welch) (Nematoda: Mermithidae) in controlling tree hole-breeding mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rubber plantation area of Kerala, India

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1299-1304

  Paily, K P ^a   Chandhiran, K ^a   Vanamail, P ^a   Pradeep Kumar, N ^a   Jambulingam, P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIPTERA; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIA; LARVA; MERMITHOIDEA; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ROMANOMERMIS IYENGARI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HEVEA; INDIA; LARVA; MERMITHOIDEA; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA; ROMANOMERMIS IYENGARI;

EID: 84878411713     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3265-3     Document Type: Article

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