LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF OCIMUM AND OTHER PLANTS EFFECTS ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN THE FIELD IN TANZANIA

Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Abstract Background The use of repellent materials from plants against Welder Repair Parts nuisance insects is common with great potential to compliment existing malaria control programmes and this requires evaluation in the field.Ocimum plant species, Ocimum suave (Willd) and O.kilimandscharicum (Guerke) materials and their essential oils extracte

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C-banding and fluorescent in situ hybridization with rDNA sequences in chromosomes of Cycloneda sanguinea Linnaeus (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

The aim of this study was to describe mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of Cycloneda sanguinea using C-banding, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) rDNA probes, and sequential FISH/Ag-NOR staining.The chromosome number was 2n = 18 + XX for females and 2n = 18 + Xy for males.The X chromosome was metacentric and the Y chromosome was very small.Dur

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