The Use of Fishes for the Control of Mosquitoes

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  • Sunder Lal Hora
چکیده

During the last couple of decades ^vatice has been made regarding the stu y 0 fishes in t'heir relation to the mosqui o Problem. The subject is, however, still in its ,n ancy and a lot remains to be done. I nave able to collect 53 references on the subject, of which 13 deal with this problem in ndia. In our country great ignorance Pre a.lls> and to prove the utility of the hnny ,ribe for the eradication of malaria and other seases spread by the agency of mosquitoes ^tensive field observations are needed.

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دوره 62  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016