Toxic and antifeedant effects of allyl disulfide on Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Chiam, Wan Yee ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Chen, Shao Xing ^a,b   Ho, Shuit Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for Forensic Medicine Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Contact toxicity; Fumigant toxicity; Garlic; Growth inhibition; Ovicide

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; SATIVUM; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 6544276583     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.1.239     Document Type: Article

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