Bioactivities of safrole and isosafrole on Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 676-683

  Huang, Yan ^a   Ho, Shuit Hung ^a   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Feeding deterrence; Isosafrole; Safrole; Sitophilus zeamais; Toxicity; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 6544276470     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.3.676     Document Type: Article

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