Biotoxicity of Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae) essential oil against the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), and its parasitoid Psyttalia concolor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 596-603

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a   Flamini, Guido ^a   Cioni, Pier Luigi ^a   Demi, Federica ^a   Ceccarini, Lucia ^a   Macchia, Mario ^a   Conti, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botanical insecticides; Lure and kill; Parasitic wasps; Protein baits; Tea tree

Indexed keywords

BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES; LURE AND KILL; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MONOTERPENE HYDROCARBONS; OXYGENATED MONOTERPENES; PARASITIC WASPS; TEA TREE;

FORESTRY; FUMIGATION; INSECTICIDES; MONOTERPENES;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ESSENTIAL OIL; FLY; FUMIGATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARASITOID; PLANT COMMUNITY; TERPENE; TOXICITY TEST;

ITALY;

EID: 84883336995     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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