Effect of chemical complexity of essential oils on feeding deterrence in larvae of the cabbage looper

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Akhtar, Yasmin ^a   Pages, Emmanuelle ^b   Stevens, Alex ^a   Bradbury, Rod ^c   da Camara, Claudio A G ^d   Isman, Murray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Ecosafe Natural Products Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial blends; Essential oils; Feeding deterrence; Lamiaceae; Lauraceae; Myrtaceae; Synergistic effects; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PEST; ESSENTIAL OIL; EVERGREEN TREE; LARVA; MOTH; PLANT PRODUCT; SYNERGISM;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; LAMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MYRTACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 84857437563     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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