| dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, R W | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rembold, H | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-16T07:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-16T07:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mwangi, R. W. and Rembold, H. (1988), Growth-inhibiting and larvicidal effects of Melia volkensii extracts on Aedes aegypti larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 46: 103–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1988.tb01099.x | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1988.tb01099.x/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/47953 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Extracts from dry Melia volkensii fruits contain growth-inhibiting activity against larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The active fraction may be eluted from silica gel using hexane-ethyl acetate (1:1, v:v). At a concentration of even 2 μg/ml in water, this fraction prolongs larval instars. Mortality in treated larvae is high, especially during the moulting and melanisation processes. The LC50 for larval mortality is 50 μg/ml in 48 h. The active compound of this fraction is not identical with azadirachtin. It may be more potent as an insect growth-inhibitor and more lethal to Aedes larvae than azadirachtin | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.subject | larvicide;Melia volkensii;insect growth-inhibitor;Aedes;mosquito larvae;antifeedant;Meliaceae;natural insecticide | en |
| dc.title | Growth-inhibiting and larvicidal effects of Melia volkensii extracts on Aedes aegypti larvae | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Zoology | en |
