Potential of extracts of the tropical plant Balanites aegyptiaca (L) Del. (Balanitaceae) to control the mealy bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1293-1296

  Patil, Satish V ^a   Salunke, Bipinchandra K ^a,b   Patil, Chandrashekhar D ^a   Salunkhe, Rahul B ^a   Gavit, Pankaj ^a   Maheshwari, Vijay L ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Balanites aegyptiaca; Longevity; Maconellicoccus hirsutus; Mealy bugs; Saponin; Wax

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOPESTICIDE; CROP PEST; DICOTYLEDON; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT EXTRACT; ROOT SYSTEM; WAX;

BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; HEMIPTERA; MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; QUILLAJA; QUILLAJA SAPONARIA; SAPONARIA;

EID: 79955614386     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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