Insecticide activity of Mediterranean essential oils

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Digilio, Maria Cristina ^a   Mancini, Emilia ^b   Voto, Emanuela ^b   De Feo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris); Aphids; Myzus persicae (Sulzer); Natural insecticide; Plant allelochemicals

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APIACEAE; APIALES; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; MYZUS PERSICAE; OCIMUM; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 41849111628     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429140701843741     Document Type: Article

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