Contact and fumigant toxicity of plant essential oils and efficacy of spray formulations containing the oils against B- and Q-biotypes of Bemisia tabaci

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1093-1099

  Kim, Soon Il ^a   Chae, Song Hwa ^a   Youn, Hee Sung ^b   Yeon, Seong Hum ^b   Ahn, Young Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NaturoBioTech Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci biotypes B and Q; Botanical insecticide; Essential oil; Natural fumigant; Spray formulation

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOTYPE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FUMIGATION; HERB; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; SPRAY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEMISIA TABACI BIOTYPES B AND Q; BOTANICAL INSECTICIDE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL FUMIGANT; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; SPRAY FORMULATION;

BEMISIA TABACI BIOTYPES B AND Q; BOTANICAL INSECTICIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; NATURAL FUMIGANT; SPRAY FORMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT OILS; PLANTS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BEMISIA TABACI; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; NEPETA CATARIA; ORIGANUM; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS VULGARIS; VETIVERIA;

EID: 79961164717     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2152     Document Type: Article

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