Toxicity and oviposition deterrency of some plant extracts on cowpea storage bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-653

  Adedire, C O ^a   Lajide, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; Cowpea; Oviposition; Plant extracts; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACT; REPELLENT; TOXICITY;

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; ALLIUM CEPA; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; ERYTHROPHLEUM SUAVEOLENS; EUGENIA; FABRICIUS; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; PIPER UMBELLATUM; PIPERACEAE; SYZYGIUM AQUEUM;

EID: 0032786749     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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