Fumigant toxicity of essential oils of Eucalyptus globulus labill and Lavandula stoechas L., grown in Iran, against the two coleopteran insect pests; Lasioderma serricorne F. and Rhyzopertha dominica F.

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

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

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Eucalyptus globules; Fumigant toxicity; Iran; Lasioderma serricorne; Lavandula stoechas; Rhyzopertha dominica

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HEXAPODA; LASIODERMA SERRICORNE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; MAMMALIA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA;

EID: 77957171975     PISSN: 11101768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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