Larvicidal and Pupicidal Activities of Alizarin Isolated from Roots of Rubia cordifolia Against Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 441-448

  Gandhi, M R ^a   Reegan, A D ^a   Ganesan, P ^a   Sivasankaran, K ^a   Paulraj, M G ^a   Balakrishna, K ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^a,b   Al Dhabi N A ^c  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; chikungunya; dengue; lymphatic filariasis; mosquito control; sustainable pest control; vector control; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; RUBIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTHRAQUINONES; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RUBIA;

EID: 84978127479     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-016-0386-x     Document Type: Article

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