Abstract: Owing to the complexity in the chemical composition of plant essential oils, they often display enhanced insecticidal activity when applied as a mixture. Although the insecticidal activity of plant essential oils has been gaining more attention recently, understanding in the mechanism of synergy has not been studied as much. In the present study, insecticidal activity of 28 individual essential oils and their mixtures against the third instar larvae of Spodoptera litura was examined. Among the oils tested, basil oil exhibited the strongest cont...
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Botany
Food science
Horticulture