POTENTIAL OF TURMERIC EXTRACT AND ITS FRACTIONS TO CONTROL PEACH FRUIT FLY (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)

ABSTRACT Potential of turmeric extract and its chemical fractions were evaluated to control the infestation of Bactrocera zonata peach fruit fly in a mortality-based bioassay. The turmeric extract (TE) was taken on Soxhelt's extraction apparatus and chemically fractioned by thin layer followed...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Rizwan Riaz, Sadaf Abdul Rauf, Roland Lupoli, Muhammad Ather Rafi, Ghulam Jilani, Abdul Rauf Siddiqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2015-12-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542015000600545&lng=en&tlng=en