Larvicidal and repellent properties of Adansonia digitata against medically important human malarial vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

Background & objectives: Development of plant-based alternative compounds for mosquito control has gainedimportance now-a-days, in view of increasing resistance in mosquito vectors to existing insecticides. The larvicidaland repellent activities of benzene, chloroform, hexane and methanol leaf e...

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Main Author: K. Krishnappa , K. Elumalai , S. Dhanasekaran & J. Gokulakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/492086.pdf