Chemical composition, larvicidal evaluation, and adult repellency of endemic Greek Thymus essential oils against the mosquito vector of West Nile virus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-430

  Pitarokili, Danae ^a   Michaelakis, Antonios ^b   Koliopoulos, George ^b   Giatropoulos, Athanassios ^b   Tzakou, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; ICARIDIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; TERPINENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; IMAGO; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYME; THYMUS LEUCOSPERMUS; THYMUS TEUCRIOIDES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LAMIACEAE; LARVA; OILS, VOLATILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052329258     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2271-1     Document Type: Article

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