Bioefficacy of some essential oils against the carmine spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 11 B, 2007, Pages 1498-1502

  Topuz, Emine ^a   Erler, Fedai ^b  

^a West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; Oviposition deterrency; Spider mite; Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MITE; OVIPOSITION;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTEMISIA; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS;

EID: 37849011939     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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