Interference in foraging behaviour of European and American house dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) by catmint, Nepeta cataria (Lamiaceae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-74

  Khan, M A ^a   Jones, I ^b   Loza Reyes, E ^c   Cameron, M M ^b   Pickett, J A ^c   Birkett, M A ^c  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binomial response; Dermatophagoides farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Generalized linear models; Nepeta cataria; Nepetalactones; Repellency; Y tube olfactometer

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECTOPARASITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; MITE; OLFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPELLENT; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; NEPETA; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ANIMALS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEPETA; OILS, VOLATILE; PEST CONTROL; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; LAMIACEAE; NEPETA; NEPETA CATARIA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 84863413777     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9532-2     Document Type: Article

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