Insecticidal compound isolated from Syzygium lineare Wall. (Myrtaceae) against Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-332

  Jeyasankar, Alagarmalai ^a,c   Raja, Nagappan ^b   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^c  

^a Arignar Anna Government Arts College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Insecticidal; Myrtaceae; Spodoptera litura; Syzygium lineare

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MYRTACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 80052940952     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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