The potential of botanical essential oils for insect pest control

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-34

  Regnault Roger, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Damaged crops, food quality; Insect pest management; Plant allelochemicals; Plant protection; Plant insect relationships; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347539882     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018472227889     Document Type: Article

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