Toxicity of essential oil compounds against Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of silkworm

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2011, Pages 19807-19815

  Khanikor, B ^a   Bora, D ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coumarin; Essential oil; Exorista sorbillans; Monoterpenes; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; COUMARIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; FUMIGANT; GERANIOL; HUMULENE; ISOEUGENOL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; NEROL; PHYTOL; PINENE; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYMOL;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EXORISTA SORBILLANS; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; BOMBYX MORI; CULICIDAE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EXORISTA SORBILLANS; OCIMUM; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 84855813792     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2476     Document Type: Article

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