Repellent, larvicidal and pupicidal properties of essential oils and their formulations against the housefly, Musca domestica

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Kumar, P ^a   Mishra, S ^a   Malik, A ^a   Satya, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Formulation; Housefly; Larvicidal; Pupicidal; Repellency

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; CATTLE; CRUDE OIL; DICOTYLEDON; EMERGENCE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLY; GRASS; POPULATION DECLINE; PUPA; REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HOUSE FLY; INSECT; LARVA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PUPA;

BOS; CURCUMA LONGA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LAMIACEAE; LAMIALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MYRTACEAE; MYRTALES; POACEAE; POALES; VETIVERIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79961127440     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00945.x     Document Type: Review

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