Excito-repellency properties of essential oils from Melaleuca leucadendron L., Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Persoon, and Litsea salicifolia (Nees) on Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquitoes

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Noosidum, Atirach ^a   Prabaripai, Atchariya ^b   Chareonviriyaphap, Theeraphap ^a   Chandrapatya, Angsumarn ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Mosquito; Oils; Repellency

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LITSEA; MELALEUCA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LITSEA; MELALEUCA; PLANT OILS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; LITSEA; LITSEA CUBEBA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA;

EID: 68949208773     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710-33.2.305     Document Type: Article

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