Nootkatone is a repellent for Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 523-531

  Zhu, Betty C R ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^b   Chen, Feng ^b   Maistrello, Lara ^b   Laine, Roger A ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketones; Sesquiterpenes; Vetiver oil; Vetiveria zizanioides

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; KETONE DERIVATIVE; NOOTKATONE; SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; REPELLENT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; ISOPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT REPELLENTS; ISOPTERA; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SESQUITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; POACEAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 0034984281     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010301308649     Document Type: Article

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