Larval and pupal toxicity effects of Plectranthus amboinicus, Bacillus sphaericus and predatory copepods for the control of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Kalimuthu, Kandasamy ^a   Mahesh Kumar, Palanisamy ^a   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^b   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesocyclops aspericornis; Mosquito control; Predatory efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; COPEPODA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS ASPERICORNIS; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS;

EID: 84879179695     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-013-0291-3     Document Type: Article

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