Repellency and toxicity of aromatic plant extracts against the mosquito Culex pipiens molestus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-604

  Traboulsi, Abdallah F ^a   El Haj, Samih ^a   Tueni, Marie ^a   Taoubi, Khalil ^a   Nader, Natalie Abi ^a   Mrad, Abir ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Citrus sinensis; Culex pipiens molestus; Essential oils; Eucalyptus spp; Ferula hermonis; Foeniculum vulgare; Insecticidal activity; Laurus nobilis; Pinus pinea; Repellency

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ESSENTIAL OIL; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CITRUS SINENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS MOLESTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; FERULA; FERULA HERMONIS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 19944376147     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1017     Document Type: Article

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