Physicochemical and Chemical Variation in Neem Oils and Some Bioactivity Leads against Spodoptera litura F

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2137-2143

  Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Parmar, Balraj S ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical variation in neem; Neem; Neem bioactivity; Neem oil; Physicochemical variation in neem

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; INSECTA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0000022901     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950283s     Document Type: Article

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