Larvicidal property of essential oils against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Pavela, Roman ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Botanical insecticides; Essential oils; Larvicidal; Mosquito; Satureja; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES; LARVICIDAL; MOSQUITO; SATUREJA; THYMUS;

INSECTICIDES; PHENOLS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ADULT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DICOTYLEDON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMERGENCE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLY; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; SATUREJA; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS SATUREIOIDES; THYMUS VULGARIS;

CONCENTRATION; OIL; PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

EID: 67651108682     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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