Pyriproxyfen Effects on Newly Engorged Larvae and Nymphs of the Lone Star Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-211

  Donahue, W A ^a   Teel, P D ^a   Strey, O F ^a   Meola, R W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ixodidae; Juvenile hormone analog; Molting; Mortality; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDAE;

JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; NYMPH; TICK;

ANIMALS; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; NYMPH; PYRIDINES; TICK CONTROL; TICKS;

EID: 0031088076     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.206     Document Type: Article

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