Chemical Composition of Some Components of the Arrestment Pheromone of the Black-Legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Their Use in Tick Control

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 849-859

  Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Adams, Trevor ^a   Allan, Sandra A ^a,b   McLaughlin, John ^a,c   Webster, Francis X ^a,d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c IPM Tech Inc   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematin; Ixodes scapularis; Pheromone; Purines

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 1642447799     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.849     Document Type: Article

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