Bioactivity of essential oils and sesquiterpenes of Chloroxylon swietenia DC against Helicoverpa armigera

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-548

  Ravi Kiran, S ^a   Sita Devi, P ^b   Janardhan Reddy, K ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroxylon swietenia; Essential oil; Helicoverpa armigera; Insecticidal activity; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548678220     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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