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Insecticidal effects of essential oils. A study of the effects of essential oils extracted from eleven Greek aromatic plants on Drosophila auraria

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Effects of the essential oils (EOs) extracted from eleven aromatic plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family (common in the Greek flora) were examined upon three different developmental stages ofDrosophila auraria. All of the EOs examined exhibited insecticidal effects, either by preventing egg hatching, or by causing the death of larvae and adult flies. In several cases, malformation and/or prohibition of puparium formation was also observed.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    I. Konstantopoulou, L. Vassilopoulou, P. Mavragani-Tsipidou & Z. G. Scouras

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Konstantopoulou, I., Vassilopoulou, L., Mavragani-Tsipidou, P. et al. Insecticidal effects of essential oils. A study of the effects of essential oils extracted from eleven Greek aromatic plants on Drosophila auraria. Experientia 48, 616–619 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920251

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