Acaricidal activity of aqueous extracts of camomile flowers, Matricaria chamomilla, against the mite Psoroptes cuniculi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-207

  Macchioni, F ^a   Perrucci, S ^a   Cecchi, F ^a   Cioni, P L ^a   Morelli, I ^a   Pampiglione, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Mange; Matricaria chamomilla; Mites; Psoroptes cuniculi

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

DISEASE VECTOR; MITE; PARASITE; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MATRICARIA; PSOROPTIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATRICARIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSOROPTIDAE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; ASTERALES; CHAMOMILLA; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA; PARASITIFORMES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES CUNICULI; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 2942592331     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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