Insecticidal activity of essential oil of Artemisia herba-alba Asso against three stored product beetles

Biharean Biologist

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Sharifian, Iman ^a   Hashemi, Seyed Mehdi ^b   Aghaei, Mohammad ^b   Alizadeh, Morteza ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisia herba alba; Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; Stored product beetles

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84873885485     PISSN: 18435637     EISSN: 20651155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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