Antifeedant activities of crude seed extracts of tropical African spices against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Ntonifor, N N ^a   Mueller Harvey, I ^b   Van Emden, H F ^b   Brown, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aframomum citratum; Aframomum melegueta; Afrostyrax kamerunensis; Botanical insecticide; Piper guineense; Seed extracts; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; AFROSTYRAX; CHONDRODENDRON TOMENTOSUM; HUACEAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PIPER GUINEENSE; PIPERACEAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33845709310     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IJT2006104     Document Type: Article

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