Fumigant toxicity of lavandula stoechas L. Oil against three insect pests attacking stored products

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Ebadollahi, Asgar ^a   Safaralizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Pourmirza, Ali ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

essential oil; fumigant toxicity; Lasioderma serricorne; Lavandula stoechas; Rhyzopertha dominica; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LASIODERMA SERRICORNE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; MENTHA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77955186653     PISSN: 14274345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10045-010-0010-8     Document Type: Article

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