Repellency of naturally occurring volatile alcohols to fungus gnat Bradysia sp. nr. coprophila (Diptera: Sciaridae) adults under laboratory conditions

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1633-1639

  Cloyd, Raymond A ^a   Marley, Karen A ^b   Larson, Richard A ^b   Dickinson, Amy ^b   Arieli, Bari ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

1 octen 3 ol; borneol; menthol; repellency; volatiles

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLY; MALE;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE;

BRADYSIA; DIPTERA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 80053983430     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11066     Document Type: Article

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