Insecticide susceptibility in larval populations of the West Nile vector Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Saudi Arabia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 390-395

  Aziz, Al Thabiani ^a   Mahyoub, Jazem Abdullah ^b   Rehman, Hasibur ^a   Saggu, Shalini ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^c   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Alrefaei, Majed Salum S ^b   Nicoletti, Marcello ^d   Wei, Hui ^e   Canale, Angelo ^f   Benelli, Giovanni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Biosafety; Carbamates; Larvicides; Mosquito control programs; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

ACTIKIL; BACILOD; BAYCIDAL; DUDIM; INSECTICIDE; PESGARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; IC50; LC50; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PEST POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84962195775     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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