Potential of natural repellents methylanthranilate and anthraquinone applied on maize seeds and seedlings against house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in captivity

Abstract Various bird pests caused severe economic losses to valuable crops and fruit orchards all over the world. Among the birds, house sparrow is also considered to cause heavy plunder, not only to seeds of crops but also seedlings especially in organic farming. In present study two bird repellen...

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Main Authors: S. Ahmad, Z. Saleem, F. Jabeen, B. Hussain, T. Sultana, S. Sultana, K. A. Al-Ghanim, N. M. A. Al-Mulhim, S. Mahboob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2018-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005003102&lng=en&tlng=en