Response of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to potential insecticide derived from essential oil of Mentha arvensis leaves

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-40

  Mishra, Bhuwan Bhaskar ^a   Tripathi, S P ^a   Tripathi, C P M ^b  

^a MGPG College   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Insecticide; Mentha arvensis; Pest control; Sitophilus oryzae; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOPESTICIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PEST; DICOTYLEDON; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERB; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; REPELLENT; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84867561506     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2012.662792     Document Type: Article

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