Hexane extracts from Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. protect stored maize against the weevil Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Koona, Paul ^a,b   Malaa, Dorothy ^b   Koona, Olga E S ^b  

^a Center Spécialisé de Recherche sur le Palmier à Huile de la Dibamba   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

F1 progeny; Insect mortality; Oviposition; Plant extract; Rotenoid; Seed damage

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250826060     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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