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Repellency of methyl jasmonate to Ixodes ricinus nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae)
- Source :
- Experimental and Applied Acarology. 42:209-215
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.
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Abstract
- In our search for tick repellents of plant origin, to be used as alternatives to commercial arthropod repellents, we investigated the effect of the well known plant signaling compound methyl jasmonate (MJ) using nymphs of the tick Ixodes ricinus. In laboratory tests, pieces of cloth with MJ at 0.075, 0.15, 0.30 and 0.75 mg/cm2 yielded increasing repellencies against the nymphs: 57%, 71%, 92% and 99%, respectively, of the nymphs did not cling to the cloth. Repellency of MJ was also investigated in a tick-infested woodland area in central Sweden. Cotton flannel cloths sprayed with 0.05, 0.1 or 0.2 mg/cm2 MJ dissolved in acetone were dragged over the ground vegetation. The numbers of nymphs on the treated cloths were significantly lower than those on the untreated cloth. Thus, MJ has, at the concentrations tested, significant repellent activity against I. ricinus nymphs.
- Subjects :
- Nymph
Methyl jasmonate
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodes
Ecology
biology
Ricinus
Parasitiformes
Cyclopentanes
General Medicine
Acetates
Tick
biology.organism_classification
Statistics, Nonparametric
chemistry.chemical_compound
Horticulture
chemistry
Animal ecology
Insect Repellents
Insect Science
Botany
Animals
Acari
Oxylipins
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15729702 and 01688162
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Experimental and Applied Acarology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....603b75de175c7113672d5d5fa0feba2d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-007-9066-1