Antitermitic activity of plant essential oils and their major constituents against termite Odontotermes assamensis Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae) of North East India

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-67

  Pandey, Anurag ^a   Chattopadhyay, Pronobesh ^a   Banerjee, Subham ^a   Pakshirajan, K ^b   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a Defence R D Organization   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Antitermitic activity; Mortality; Mortality rate; Odontotermes assamensis Holmgren; Plant essential oils; Volatile chemical constituents

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CYMBOPOGON; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NORTH- EAST INDIA; ODONTOTERMES; OIL CONCENTRATION; ORIGANUM VULGARE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TERMITE CONTROL; TERMITICIDAL ACTIVITY; THYMUS VULGARIS; VOLATILE CHEMICALS;

ALDEHYDES; BIOASSAY; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; PHENOLS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; MORTALITY; TERMITE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

INDIA;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; ISOPTERA; ODONTOTERMES; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TERMITIDAE; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84867236052     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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