Pesticidal seed coats based on azadirachtin-A: Release kinetics, storage life and performance

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Nisar, Keyath ^a   Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Kumar, M B Arun ^a   Walia, Suresh ^a   Shakil, Najam A ^a   Parsad, Rajender ^b   Parmar, Balraj S ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin A; Formulation; Polymers; Seed coat; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTIN; FUNGICIDE; LIMONOID; PESTICIDE;

COATING; FUNGICIDE; GERMINATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE; POLYMER; SOYBEAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN;

FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GERMINATION; KINETICS; LIMONINS; PESTICIDES; SEEDS; SOYBEANS;

FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 60249092716     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1665     Document Type: Article

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