Electroantennogram, flight orientation and oviposition responses of Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti to a fatty acid ester-propyl octadecanoate

Acta Tropica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Seenivasagan, Thangaraj ^a   Sharma, Kavita R ^a   Prakash, Shri ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Effervescent tablet; Electroantennogram; Flight orientation; Oviposition; Propyl octadecanoate; Residual effect

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; PROPYLOCTADECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA; DISEASE VECTOR; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ELECTROANTENNOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLIGHT; NONHUMAN; SMELLING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORIENTATION; OVIPOSITION; STEARATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

EID: 84864753319     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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