Biological activity of Ruta chalepensis (Rutaceae) and Sechium pittieri (Cucurbitaceae) extracts on Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae

Biological activity of Ruta chalepensis (Rutaceae) and Sechium pittieri (Cucurbitaceae) extracts on Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae

Biological activity of a plant extract (common rue, Ruta chalepensis) and a semi purifíed fraction (from "tacaco cimarrón", Sechium pittieri) on mahogany shootborer larvas (Hypsipyla grandella) was studied. A randomized complete block design, with four replications, was used. H. grandella...

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Main Authors: Fernando Mancebo, Luko Hilje, Gerardo A. Mora, Víctor H. Castro, Rodolfo Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2001-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
Hypsipyla grandella
"tacaco cimarrón"
mahogany shootborer
Meliaceae
plant extracts
common rue
antifeedant
mortality
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442001000200007

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