Acaricidal effects of cardiac glycosides, azadirachtin and neem oil against the camel tick, Hyalomma dromedarii (Acari: Ixodidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1250-1254

  Al Rajhy, DiefAlla H ^a   Alahmed, Azzam M ^a   Hussein, Hamdy I ^a   Kheir, Salah M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acaricides; Azadirachtin; Calotropis procera; Cardenolides; Cardiac glycosides; Digitalis purpurea; Digitoxin; Hyalomma dromedarii; Neem oil; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AZADIRACHTIN; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CARDENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; NEEM OIL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CONTROL; NEEM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGHER PLANT; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CALOTROPIS; CAMELS; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; DIGITOXIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIMONINS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; TERPENES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARI; APOCYNACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CAMELIDAE; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODIDAE; MELIACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0142197809     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.748     Document Type: Article

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