Blend effects in the toxicity of the essential oil constituents of Ocimum kilimandscharicum and Ocimum kenyense (Labiateae) on two post-harvest insect pests

Phytochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-391

  Bekele, Jembere ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Blend effects; Essential oils; Labiateae; O. kenyense; Ocimum kilimandscharicum; Rhyzopertha dominica; Sitophilus zeamais; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLEOPTERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM KENYENSE; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; LAMIACEAE; OILS, VOLATILE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035371616     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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