Chemosensory responses to the repellent nepeta essential oil and its major component nepetalactone by aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), a vector of Zika Virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 957-963

  Sparks, Jackson T ^a,b   Bohbot, Jonathan D ^a,c   Ristic, Mihailo ^d   Mišic, Danijela ^d   Skoric, Marijana ^d   Mattoo, Autar ^a   Dickens, Joseph C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

catnip; mosquito; Nepeta; olfaction; taste

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; NEPETALACTONE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MAXILLA; NEPETA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSILLUM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; MAXILLA; NEPETA; OILS, VOLATILE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PYRONES; SENSILLA;

EID: 85023162146     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjx059     Document Type: Article

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