Chemical composition and insecticidal activity of essential oil from Perovskia abrotanoides (Lamiaceae) against Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Arabi, Farideh ^a   Moharramipour, Saeid ^a   Sefidkon, Fatemeh ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; Perovskia abrotanoides; Sitophilus oryzae; Stored product insects; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOBALANOPS; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PEROVSKIA ABROTANOIDES; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 55549144726     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758408079861     Document Type: Article

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