Natural insecticides from actinomycetes and other microbes for vector mosquito control

Herbal Insecticides, Repellents and Biomedicines: Effectiveness and Commercialization

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 85-99

  Paulraj, M Gabriel ^a   Kumar, P Saravana ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^a   Sukumaran, D ^b  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2704-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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