Evaluations of larvicidal activity of medicinal plant extracts to Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and other effects on a non target fish

Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Promsiri, Suwannee ^a   Naksathit, Amara ^b   Kruatrachue, Maleeya ^b   Thavara, Usavadee ^c  

^a SONGKHLA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Guppy fish; Larvicidal activity; Medicinal plants; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040388951     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2006.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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