Plant Protect. Sci., 2014, 50(1):36-42 | DOI: 10.17221/48/2013-PPS

Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oils from different Mentha L. and Pulegium species against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)Original Paper

Roman PAVELA1, Katarína KAFFKOVÁ2, Michal KUM©TA2
1 Department of Entomology, Division of Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Department of Engineering. Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic

Keywords: plant extracts; mosquito; terpenoid botanical insecticides

Published: March 31, 2014  Show citation

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PAVELA R, KAFFKOVÁ K, KUM©TA M. Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oils from different Mentha L. and Pulegium species against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae). Plant Protect. Sci.. 2014;50(1):36-42. doi: 10.17221/48/2013-PPS.
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