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| 1 | Title | Title of Document | Thermodynamic and Spreading Properties of Oil Blends as Mosquito Larvicides |
| 2 | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | D. F. LATONA
Landmark University, Department of Physical Sciences, Omu-Aran, Nigeria |
| 3 | Subject | Dicipline(s) | Chemical Science |
| 3 | Subject | Keywords | Mosquito larvicides, Malaria, Oil blends, Density |
| 4 | Description | Abstract | Mosquito control has relied solely on the eradication of adult mosquitoes by the spraying of aerosol under closed doors and windows. Apart from the toxicity of the aerosol, this method has been found ineffective because mosquitoes are becoming resistant to these insecticides. Herein, adequate and effective method of mosquito control was investigated towards the elimination of mosquito at the larva stage by spraying oil mixtures on the aqueous breeding sites. These oil mixtures acting as larvicides: 'malaroil' was observed in this study to kill the larvae in the aquatic habitat by asphyxia within twenty minutes of application. The thermodynamic parameters of such oil blends were identified for domestic application for control of mosquito and its concomitant diseases. |
| 5 | Publishers | Organizing agency, location | WWW Publications, India |
| 6 | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | - |
| 7 | Date | Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | - |
| 8 | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 8 | Type | Type | |
| 9 | Formate | File Formate | PDF |
| 10 | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | Click Here |
| 10 | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | |
| 11 | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (Year) | Chemical Science Transactions, Volume 3 , Number (4), (2014) |
| 12 | Lanuguage | English=en | en |
| 13 | Relation | Supp.files | |
| 14 | Coverage | | - |
| 15 | Copyright | Copyright and permissions | |
