Elemol and amyris oil repel the ticks Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in laboratory bioassays

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Carroll, J F ^a   Paluch, G ^b   Coats, J ^b   Kramer, M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyris balsamifera; Blacklegged tick; Lone star tick; Maclura pomifera

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ELEMOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; SESQUITERPENE;

BIOASSAY; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; REPELLENT; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IXODES; NYMPH; RUTACEAE; TICK; DRUG EFFECTS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DEET; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; IXODIDAE; NYMPH; OILS, VOLATILE; RUTACEAE; SESQUITERPENES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMYRIS; AMYRIS BALSAMIFERA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MACLURA POMIFERA; MORACEAE; RUTACEAE;

EID: 77954190728     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9329-0     Document Type: Article

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