Tick pheromones and their use in tick control

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2006, Pages 557-580

  Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricides; Arrestants; Assembly; Decoys

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FECES; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION; TICK;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; FECES; PERMETHRIN; PHEROMONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 30844453806     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151150     Document Type: Review

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