Contribution of different constituents to the toxicity of the essential oil constituents of Vernonia amygdalina (Compositae) and Xylopia aetiopica (Annonaceae) on maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2957-2962

  Asawalam, E F ^a,b   Emosairue, S O ^b   Hassanali, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Sitophilus zeamais; Synergism; Vernonia amygdalina; Xylopia aetiopica

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ANNONACEAE; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; VERNONIA; WEEVIL;

ANNONACEAE; ASTERACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA; XYLOPIA;

EID: 50949085146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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