Potential uses of turmeric (Curcuma longa) products as alternative means of pest management in crop production

Plant OMICS

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Damalas, Christos A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Fungi; Insects; Pesticidal properties; Plant extracts; Rhizomes

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA LONGA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79958280185     PISSN: 18360661     EISSN: 18363644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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