Toxicities of 31 volatile low molecular weight compounds against aedes aegypti and culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Chaskopoulou, Alexandra ^a   Nguyen, Sam ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyl formate; Formate ester; Heterobicyclic; Menthofuran; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICITY TESTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 63749127315     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0218     Document Type: Article

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