African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6865

Full Length Research Paper

Termiticidal activities of few plant extracts against Macrotermes subhyalinus smeathman and Trinervitermes geminatus wasmann (Isoptera: Termitidae) survival

Boris Dodji Kasseney
  • Boris Dodji Kasseney
  • Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, 1 BP 1515 Lomé 1, Togo.
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Wolali Seth Nyamador
  • Wolali Seth Nyamador
  • Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, 1 BP 1515 Lomé 1, Togo.
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Abla Déla Mondedji
  • Abla Déla Mondedji
  • Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, 1 BP 1515 Lomé 1, Togo.
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Guillaume Koffivi Ketoh
  • Guillaume Koffivi Ketoh
  • Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, 1 BP 1515 Lomé 1, Togo.
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Isabelle Adolé Glitho
  • Isabelle Adolé Glitho
  • Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, 1 BP 1515 Lomé 1, Togo.
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  •  Received: 21 April 2016
  •  Accepted: 16 June 2016
  •  Published: 14 July 2016

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