creators_name: Ploomi, Angela
creators_name: Luik, Anne
creators_name: Metspalu, Luule
creators_name: Hiiesaar, Külli
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-05-09
lastmod: 2009-09-18 11:26:34
metadata_visibility: show
title: Plant extracts as biopesticides against pests
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
full_text_status: public
abstract: Two locally available and well-known plants, such as common tansy Tanacetum vulgare L. and wormwood Artemisia absinthum L. were tested for insecticidal activity. They were found to produce a variety of effects against the white large cabbage butterfly Pieris brassicae l., the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say and the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westw. These plants affected the feeding activity, behavioural pat-terns, the development and induces mortality in the insects. 
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Ploomi, Angela; Luik, Anne; Metspalu, Luule and Hiiesaar, Külli (2006) Plant extracts as biopesticides against pests. Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/7538/1/A._Ploomi%2C_Plant_extracts_as_biopesticides_against_pests.doc