Comparative study of field and laboratory evaluations of the ethnobotanical Cassia sophera L. (Leguminosae) for bioactivity against the storage pests Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Kestenholz, Cristina ^a   Stevenson, Philip C ^a,b   Belmain, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botanical insecticides; Callosobruchus maculatus; Cassia sophera; Ethnobotanicals; Pest control; Sitophilus oryzae; Stored products; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; SENNA; SENNA SOPHERA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE;

EID: 33751573297     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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