Ovicidal and adulticidal potential of leaf and seed extract of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Family: Fabaceae) against Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, and Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1949-1961

  Govindarajan, Marimuthu ^a   Rajeswary, Mohan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adulticide; Albizia lebbeck; Leaf; Mosquitoes; Ovicide; Seed

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ALBIZIA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LARVA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED;

AEDES; ALBIZZIA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS;

EID: 84939957355     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4384-4     Document Type: Article

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