An improved bioassay facilitates the screening of repellents against cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-270

  Su, Li Chong ^a   Huang, Chin Gi ^a   Chang, Shang Tzen ^a   Yang, Shu Hui ^b   Hsu, Shan Hui ^a   Wu, Wen Jer ^a   Huang, Rong Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cinnamomum osmophloeum; Ctenocephalides felis; Essential oil; Repellent; Thymol; trans cinnamaldehyde

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENTOMOLOGY; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHANOL; EVERGREEN TREE; FLEA; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEAF; REPELLENT;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES;

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT EXTRACT; REPELLENT; THYMOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ECONOMICS; FLEA; METHODOLOGY; TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE;

CINNAMOMUM OSMOPHLOEUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; ESSENTIAL OIL; REPELLENT; THYMOL; TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; INSECT REPELLENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 84892476327     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3554     Document Type: Article

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