Electroantennogram, flight orientation, and oviposition responses of Aedes aegypti to the oviposition pheromone n-heneicosane

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-833

  Seenivasagan, T ^a   Sharma, Kavita R ^a   Sekhar, K ^b   Ganesan, K ^a   Prakash, Shri ^a   Vijayaraghavan, R ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; N HENEICOSANE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROCARBON;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HABITAT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HYDROCARBONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES;

EID: 65549120254     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1263-2     Document Type: Article

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