Allium sativum(Garlic), A Potent New Molluscicide
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Biological Agriculture & Horticulture
- Vol. 9 (2) , 121-124
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.1993.9754625
Abstract
Water extracts of the bulb of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) have a high molluscicidal activity. It was observed that the molluscicidal activity of extracts of garlic bulb against the snail Lymnaea acuminata (Lamarck) was time as well as dose dependent.Keywords
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