Chemical composition, insecticidal effect and repellent activity of essential oils of three aromatic plants, alone and in combination, towards sitophilus oryzae l. (coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1229-1232

  Ngassoum, Martin B ^a   Ngamo Tinkeu, Leonard S ^a   Ngatanko, Lliassa ^a   Tapondjou, Leon A ^b   Lognay, Georges ^c   Malaisse, François ^c   Hance, Thierry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Combination; Essential oils; Repellent effect; Stored products

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449142124     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201207     Document Type: Article

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