Insecticidal properties of Mentha species: A review

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 802-817

  Kumar, Peeyush ^a   Mishra, Sapna ^a   Malik, Anushree ^a   Satya, Santosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Formulation; Insecticidal; Mentha; Stored grain pests; Vectors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL INSECTICIDES; CONTROL POTENTIAL; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD STUDIES; FORMULATION; INSECTICIDAL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MENTHA; MOSQUITOCIDAL ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; STORED-GRAIN PESTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; INSECT CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VECTORS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DISEASE VECTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH; HERB; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; PEST SPECIES; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; HEXAPODA; MENTHA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 79959287940     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.02.019     Document Type: Review

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