Airborne volatiles from melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Kimani, Solomon M ^a   Chhabra, Sumesh C ^a   Lwande, Wilber ^b   Khan, Z R ^b   Hassanali, Ahmed ^b   Pickett, John A ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(3E) 4,8 dimethylnona 1,3,7 triene; Airborne volatiles; Anti tick pasture plant; Chilo partellus; Electroantenography; Essential oil composition; Gramineae; Melinis minutiflora; Molasses grass; Spotted stem borer; caryophyllene

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944421507     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2000.9699502     Document Type: Article

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