ScienceAsia 13 (1987): 029-045 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1987.13.029

THAI PISCICIDAL PLANTS, I

SOMMAI CHIAYVAREESAJJA,^a WILAWAN MAHABUSARAKAM,^b JAMES F. MAXWELL,^c PICHAET WIRIYACHITRA^b,e and G. H. NEIL TOWERS^d

ABSTRACT: A total of 251 tests from 221 species of native Thai plants were made on Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linn.) for toxicity. Five of these plants were found to be extremely effective, while another 14 had good results, and 67 had moderate results. The rest showed no activity.

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a Department of Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand.
b Department of Chemistry, Faculty oj Science, Prince of Songkla University.
c Herbarium, Department of Biology, Prince of Songkla University.
d Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
e To whom correspondence should be addressed at Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Received 22 July 1986