Repellence and toxicity of basil, citronella, ho-sho and rosemary oils for the control of the termite Cryptotermes brevis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 585-593

  Sbeghen, Ana Carolina ^a   Dalfovo, Vanessa ^a   Serafini, Luciana Atti ^a   Monteiro de Barros, Neiva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CINAMMOMUM CAMPHORA; CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0036411818     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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