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Essential oils as vespid wasp repellents: Implications for their use as a management strategy
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-07)
Recently, plant-based repellents have been proposed as a potential alternative to classic pesticides against pest wasps, in certain scenarios. Here, the repellent effect of Dysphania multifida essential oil and one of its ...
Pyrethroid Resistance Associated with a Decreased DEET Repellency in the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
(Oxford University Press, 2019-03)
The global resurgence of the bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) and the widespread resistance of this insect to pyrethroid insecticides have created the need to find alternatives to chemical control. Thus, synthetic or natural ...
Electrospun ethylcellulose-based nanofibrous mats with insect-repellent activity
(Elsevier Science, 2019-10)
Mosquito repellent textiles are increasingly in demand from consumers as protective textiles against mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, yellow fever or dengue. In this work, the production and behaviour of repellent-containing ...
Behavioural responses of Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) wasps exposed to essential oils
(Blackwell Publishing, 2015-12-01)
Secondary plant metabolites such as those present in essential oils can be toxic to herbivorous insects and also repel attack, given they play a role in selection and acceptance of host plants. However, few studies have ...
Insecticidal and Insect-repellent Activities of Essential Oils from Verbenaceae and Anacardiaceae Against Rhizopertha dominica
(Natural Products Inc., 2009-09)
Essential oils extracted from leaves of Aloysia polystachya and A. citriodora (Verbenaceae) and from leaves and fruits of Schinus molle var. areira (Anacardiaceae) were tested for their repellent and toxic activities against ...
Toxicity of pyrethroids and repellency of diethyltoluamide in two deltamethrin-resistant colonies of Triatoma infestans Klug, 1834 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2006-02)
The aim of the currrent investigation was to evaluate (a) the toxicity of three pyrethroids (deltamethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, and tetramethrin); (b) the effect of these insecticides on the locomotor activity; and (c) the ...
Plant-based compounds with potential as push-pull stimuli to manage behavior of leaf-cutting ants
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-05)
Leaf-cutting ants are a serious pest of young forestry plantations. Currently, the main control method is the use of broad-spectrum insecticides, which have a negative effect on non-target organisms and the environment. ...
Spatial Repellency Caused by Volatile Pyrethroids is Olfactory-Mediated in the German Cockroach Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
(Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil, 2019-10)
Pyrethroids are synthetic insecticides that have a repellent action. This effect has been associated with an increase in the locomotor activity, which causes the avoidance of the insecticide-treated area (excito-repellency). ...
Repellent effect of neem oil (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) against mosquitoes (Anophelex spp) in pigletsEfecto repelente del aceite de neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) contra zancudos (Anophelex spp) en lechones
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, 2020)