How Essential Oils Work, Apple Maggots In Canada, UC Davis Zika Symposium
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a revised directive, (D-00-07) Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction and spread of apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella.
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plant-pests-invasive-species/directives/horticulture/d-00-07/eng/1323819375916/1323819810662
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UC Davis Zika Virus Public Awareness Symposium Video 2:39:36
https://video.ucdavis.edu/media/Zika+Virus+Public+Awareness+Symposium/0_n3aupf5c
How Essential Oils Work To Control Insects And Arachnids though multiple actions.
Adulticidal
Antifeeding
Feeding Deterrent Action
Ovicidal
Oviposition Deterent
Egg Hatching Inhibitor
Repellent
Progony Prodcution Injibitor
Neurotoxin
Larvicidal
Insect Order or Biology
Coleoptera Beetles
Neuroptera Lacewings
Hymenoptera Ants
Essential Oil Studies
Antifungal activity of eugenol
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/tpp/v35n3/01.pdf
Essential oils as a source of natural insecticide agent
http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/academicjournals/ijbc/2011/266-290.pdf
The potential of botanical essential oils for insect pest control
http://esa.ipb.pt/pdf/saps6.pdf
Deterrent effects of some Sri Lankan essential oils on oviposition and progeny production
http://world-food.net/download/journals/2003-issue_2/j2-agriculture-95.pdf
Antifungal activity of eugenol against Botrytis cinerea
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/tpp/v35n3/01.pdf
Insecticidal Activity of Plant Essential Oils Against Pediculus humanus
capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae)
https://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/jmedent/41/4/699.full.pdf
Professional Essential oils that do work
Essentria Ic3 http://www.zoecon.com/products/botanicals/essentria-ic-3-insect-concentrate
EcoVia EC http://www.rockwelllabs.com/EcoViaEC.shtml
On September of 2011 we started testing essential oils on Lac Lobate Scale on cocoplum, We Used the same protocols for synthetics based on pest biology i.e. lifecycle.
Five years later No more Lac lobate scale on coco plum, No Algal Leaf Spot on coco plum, No Sri lankan weevil and have implemented essential oils in about 50% of our lawn and ornamental pest control.