Ovicidal activity of essential oils against red flour beetle, tribolium castaneum (HERBST) (coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Bio-Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Mondal, Mina ^a   Khalequzzaman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; Ovicidal activity; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; COLEOPTERA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80055110576     PISSN: 10238654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jbs.v17i0.7102     Document Type: Article

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