A formulation to encapsulate nootkatone for tick control

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1120-1127

  Behle, Robert W ^a   Flor Weiler, Lina B ^a   Bharadwaj, Anuja ^b   Stafford III, Kirby C ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

blacklegged tick; formulation; Ixodes scapularis; nootkatone; ticks

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; NOOTKATONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; IXODES; LIGNIN; SESQUITERPENES; TICK CONTROL; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 82055164260     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10282     Document Type: Article

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