Toxicity of Fractionated and Degraded Mexican Marigold Floral Extract to Adult Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1678-1683

  Weaver, David K ^a,b   Zettler, J Larry ^a,c   Wells, Carl D ^a,d,e   Baker, James E ^a,c   Bertsch, Wolfgang ^a,d   Throne, James E ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Floral extract; Natural product; Sitophilus zeamais; Tagetes minuta

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TAGETES MINUTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0342988030     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.6.1678     Document Type: Article

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