Synergized mixtures of Apiaceae essential oils and related plant-borne compounds: Larvicidal effectiveness on the filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 96, Issue , 2017, Pages 186-195

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Pavela, Roman ^b   Iannarelli, Romilde ^c   Petrelli, Riccardo ^c   Cappellacci, Loredana ^c   Cianfaglione, Kevin ^c,d   Afshar, Fariba Heshmati ^e,f   Nicoletti, Marcello ^g   Canale, Angelo ^a   Maggi, Filippo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopesticides; Essential oils; Helosciadium nodiflorum; Pimpinella anisum; Smyrnium olusatrum; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

BINS; DISEASE CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OILS; MIXTURES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TOXICITY; VIRUSES;

BIOPESTICIDES; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; SMYRNIUM OLUSATRUM; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

BINARY MIXTURES;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BIOPESTICIDE; DISEASE VECTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FILARIASIS; HERB; MOSQUITO; PEST OUTBREAK; TOXICITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

APIACEAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; SMYRNIUM OLUSATRUM; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85002976662     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.11.059     Document Type: Article

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