Bioactivities of methyl allyl disulfide and diallyl trisulfide from essential oil of garlic to two species of stored-product pests, Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 537-543

  Huang, Yan ^a   Chen, Shao Xing ^a,b   Ho, Shuit Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for Forensic Medicine Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Feeding deterrence; Garlic oil; Natural products; Ovicide; Stored grain

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; ALLYL METHYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DISULFIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GARLIC; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DISULFIDES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUMIGATION; GARLIC; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SULFIDES;

EID: 0034169717     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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