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Tests with Chara foetida and C. hispida on the development of Mosquito Larvae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Malcolm E. MacGregor
Malcolm E. MacGregor
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(Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research.)
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The reputed toxic and destructive action of certain species of Chara led to the preparation of watery and alcoholic extracts of Chara foetida and C. hispida which were sent to me with the request that the larvicidal power of these extracts should be tested.

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Parasitology , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 1924 , pp. 382 - 387
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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