Search Results - insecticide

1 Results Sort By:

050077: Plant Extracts from Verbascum Species with Antifeed Propertyies for Arthopods

Many plant species produce noxious chemicals to kill or otherwise inhibit insect feeding activity. Many of these secondary metabolites are very potent and often very specific. Extracts from these plants can be used as environmentally safe bio-pesticides for crops or other plants such as flowers to inhibit insect damage, often as part of an integrated...
Published: 7/21/2014   |   Inventor(s): Ayhan Gokce, Mark Whalon
Keywords(s): Agrochemical, Antifeedent, Arthropods, Bio-Pesticide, Colorado Potato Beetle, Insecticide, Integrated Pest Management, Organic Food, Verbasum Category(s): Biotechnology, Chemicals, Agriculture, Environment