SCREENING OF THE ACARICIDAL EFFICACY OF PHYTOCHEMICAL EXTRACTS ON THE CATTLE TICK Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: ixodidae) BY LARVAL IMMERSION TEST

The objective of the study was to determine the acaricidal efficacy of selected native plants from Yucatán, Mexico on acaricide resistant larvae of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Methanolic extracts from roots, leaves, stems, and stem barks of 15 plants were tested using the modified larval i...

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Main Authors: Jose Alberto Rosado-Aguilar, Armando Jacinto Aguilar Caballero, Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas, Rocio Borge-Argáez, Zeferino García-Mendez, Martha Méndez-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2009-11-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/358