Insecticidal and synergistic effects of Majorana hortensis essential oil and some of its major constituents

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Abbassy, Mostafa A ^a   Abdelgaleil, Samir A M ^b   Rabie, Rasha Y A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

terpinene; Aphididae; Aphis fabae; Chemical composition; Hemiptera; Lamiaceae; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Spodoptera littoralis; Terpinen 4 ol

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; INSECTICIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEST SPECIES; TOXICITY;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAJORANA HORTENSIS; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 65849170169     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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