Bioactivities of essential oil from Elletaria cardamomum (L.) Maton. to Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-117

  Huang, Y ^a   Lam, S L ^a   Ho, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardamom oil; Contact toxicity; Feeding deterrence; Fumigant; Larvicide; Ovicide

Indexed keywords

ELETTERIA CARDAMOMUM; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0034065344     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(99)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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