Chemical composition and insecticidal activity of Thuja occidentalis and Tanacetum vulgare essential oils against larvae of the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Szołyga, Beata ^a   Gniłka, Radosław ^b   Szczepanik, Maryla ^a   Szumny, Antoni ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antifeedants; Asteraceae; Botanical insecticides; Coleoptera; Cupressaceae; Darkling beetle; Tansy oil; Tenebrionidae; Terpenes; Thuja oil; Thujone

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIET; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; INSECTICIDE; MASS; PUPATION; SURVIVAL;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ASTERACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CUPRESSACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS; TANACETUM VULGARE; TENEBRIONIDAE; THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84895919512     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12166     Document Type: Article

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