Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page No. 17 - 21

Larvicidal Activity of Aqueous Extracts from Jatropha curcas on Mosquito Larvae from Kyambogo Swamp, Kyambogo University, Kampala-Uganda

Authors : Santa Maria Asio, Stephen Kigozi and Leonard Walukana

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