Effects of material and extracts of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. against the stored product pests Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Acanthoscelides obtectus (say) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Pemonge, Jerome ^a,b   Pascual Villalobos, Maria Jesus ^a   Regnault Roger, Catherine ^b  

^a Ctro Invest Desarrollo A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthoscelides obtectus; Natural insecticides; Reproduction; Tribolium castaneum; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM;

EID: 0030821214     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(97)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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