A simple technique to assess compounds that are repellent or attractive to stored-product insects

By S. Mohan, P. Fields. 2002

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Grain-protective properties of herbal extracts against the bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (2007, background): “The repellency of the plant extracts was measured in terms of the percentage of insects moving out of the container, away from the treated bean (Mohan and Fields, 2002).”
Chemical composition and insecticidal potential of essential oils from Egyptian plants against Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2008, background): “Plant materials have several advantages over traditional pest control agents; such as specificity, biodegradability and low mammalian toxicity (Wink, 1993; Mohan and Fields, 2002).”