Bioactivity of three plant derived essential oils agianst the maize weevils Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) and cowpea weevils Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius)

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 828-835

  Owolabi, M S ^a   Oladimeji, M O ^b   Lajide, L ^c   Singh, G ^d   Marimuthu, P ^d   Isidorov, V A ^e  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^d D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Contact toxicity; Essential oils; Hydrodistillation; Insects; Terpeniod

Indexed keywords

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; HEXAPODA; MONODORA MYRISTICA; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77953503887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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