Patchouli Essential Oil

  • Botanical Name: Pogostemon cablin
  • Alternative Names: Patchouly
  • Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
  • Primary Constituent: Patchouli alcohol
  • Other Main Constituents: Alpha-bulnesene, Alpha-guaiene
  • Distillation Method: Steam Distillation
  • Plant Part: Leaf

Essential oils and their compositions as spatial repellents for pestiferous social wasps

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Zhang QH, Schnidmiller RG, Hoover DR Pest Management Science, 2013 ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The study objectives were: (1) to field test potential repellency of common essential oils against several pestiferous social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), using attractant-baited traps; (2) to identify vespid antennally active compounds from the repellent essential oils; (3) to determine potential repellency of these… Read more »