Plant growth regulatory effect and insecticidal activity of the extracts of the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima L.)

BMC Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Tsao, Rong ^a   Romanchuk, Frieda E ^b   Peterson, Chris J ^c   Coats, Joel R ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b RANDOLPH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; AILANTHUS; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIGHT; PLANT LEAF;

AEDES; AILANTHUS; ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LIGHT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 1642424813     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-2-1     Document Type: Article

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