Oviposition responses of the mosquitoes aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to experimental plant infusions in laboratory bioassays

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 709-719

  Ponnusamy, Loganathan ^a   Xu, Ning ^a   Böröczky, Katalin ^a   Wesson, Dawn M ^b   Ayyash, Luma Abu ^a   Schal, Coby ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Attractants; Fermentation; Microbe insect interactions; Oviposition; Plant infusion

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BAMBOO; BIOASSAY; DICOTYLEDON; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOSQUITO; ODOR; OLFACTION; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOMASS; WELL WATER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMASS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; OVIPOSITION; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; QUERCUS; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 77954243485     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9806-2     Document Type: Article

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