Toxicity of seaweed-synthesized silver nanoparticles against the filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus and its impact on predation efficiency of the cyclopoid crustacean Mesocyclops longisetus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2243-2253

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^b   Ayyappan, Suganya ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^d   Kumar, Palanisamy Mahesh ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biopesticides; Copepods; Culicidae; Integrated pest management; Mosquitoes; Nanobiotechnologies; Predaceous arthropods

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; LARVA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; SEAWEED; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWEED; SILVER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84939938905     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4417-z     Document Type: Article

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