Efficacy and environmental persistence of nootkatone for the control of the blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in residential landscapes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1035-1044

  Bharadwaj, Anuja ^a,b   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Behle, Robert W ^c  

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

^b Division of Scientific Services   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

biopesticide; Ixodes scapularis; Metarhizium; nootkatone; tick control

Indexed keywords

NOOTKATONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METARHIZIUM; NYMPH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METARHIZIUM; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SESQUITERPENES; TICK CONTROL;

ACARI; FUNGI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM;

EID: 84866376604     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11251     Document Type: Article

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