Contact, fumigant, and cytotoxic activities of thyme and lemongrass essential oils against larvae and an ovarian cell line of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 183-193

  Tak, Jun Hyung ^a   Jovel, Eduardo ^a   Isman, Murray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botanical insecticides; Lemongrass oil; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Thyme oil

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUMIGANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 84958615981     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-015-0655-1     Document Type: Article

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