Repellent and antifeedant activity of salicylic acid and related compounds against the biting midge, Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-227

  Stuart, A E ^a   Brooks, C J W ^a,b   Prescott, R J ^a,c   Blackwell, A ^a,d  

^a Ardshiel   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Methylsalicylic acid; Antifeedant; Culicoides impunctatus; Repellent; Salicylic acid; Salicyluric acid

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; DIPTERA;

INSECT REPELLENT; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; SALICYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0034151895     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.2.222     Document Type: Article

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