Insecticidal efficacy of silica gel with juniperus oxycedrus ssp. oxycedrus (Pinales: Cupressaceae) essential oil against sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1902-1910

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a,b   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^c   Evergetis, Epameinondas ^b   Katsoula, Anna Maria ^b   Haroutounian, Serkos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

essential oil; Juniperus oxycedrus ssp; oxycedrus; silica gel; Sitophilus oryzae; stored wheat; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILICA GEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; INSECT CONTROL; JUNIPERUS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; TIME; TRIBOLIUM; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; JUNIPERUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SILICA GEL; TIME FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM; WEEVILS;

EID: 84881622557     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC12474     Document Type: Article

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