Importance and implementation of essential oil of Pakistanian Acorus Calamus Linn., as a biopesticide

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2043-2050

  Tariq, Rajput Muhammed ^a   Naqvi, Naimul Hasan ^b   Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal ^a   Abbas, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABUTILON INDICUM; ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ARACEAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; COLEOPTERA; DENGUE VIRUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; OVIS ARIES; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 77955108084     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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