Repellent activity of essential oil of eucalyptus astringens against rhyzopertha dominica and oryzaephilus surinamensis

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 997, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-214

  Khemira, S ^a   Jemaa, J Mediouni Ben ^a   Haouel, S ^a   Khouja, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Eucalyptus; IPM; Pest; Stored product

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880437216     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2013.997.25     Document Type: Article

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