Terminating red imported fire ants using Cinnamomum osmophloeum leaf essential oil

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 889-893

  Cheng, Sen Sung ^a   Liu, Ju Yun ^a   Lin, Chun Ya ^a   Hsui, Yen Ray ^b   Lu, Mei Chun ^a   Wu, Wen Jer ^a   Chang, Shang Tzen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cinnamomum osmophloeum; Essential oil; Leaf; Solenopsis invicta; trans Cinnamaldehyde

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ESSENTIAL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; LEAF; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CINNAMALDEHYDE; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ALDEHYDES; ESSENTIAL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TOXICITY;

ALDEHYDE; ANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EVERGREEN TREE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

ANT; ARTICLE; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CINNAMOMUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 36148950991     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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