Toward development of neem-based repellents against the Scottish Highland biting midge Culicoides impunctatus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-452

  Blackwell, A ^a   Evans, K A ^b   Strang, R H C ^c   Cole, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NeemCo Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin; Biting midges; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides impunctatus; DEET; Insect repellents; Midge control; Neem oil; Personal protection; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; INSECT REPELLENT; NEEM OIL; TERPENE;

ANTIFEEDANT; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; INSECT REPELLENTS; SCOTLAND; TERPENES;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 11144270261     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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