Identification of candidate volatiles that affect the behavioural response of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto to an active kairomone blend: Laboratory and semi-field assays

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-71

  Smallegange, Renate C ^a   Bukovinszkiné Kiss, Gabriella ^a   Otieno, Bruno ^b   Mbadi, Phoebe A ^b   Takken, Willem ^a   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^b,c   Van Loon, Joop J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Attractants; Culicidae; Mosquito behaviour; Odour releasing traps; Spatial repellents; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMMONIA; ATTRACTANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; KAIROMONE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPELLENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857431772     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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