Control of brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus using assembly pheromone encapsulated in natural polymer, chitosan
| Autor: | Bhoopathy Dhivya, Bhaskaran Ravi Latha, Modhugoor Devendiran Raja, C. Sreekumar, V. Leela |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Drug Resistance Biology Pheromones Chitosan chemistry.chemical_compound Nitriles Pyrethrins parasitic diseases Animals Tick Control Food science Particle Size Pesticides Nymph Chromatography High Pressure Liquid Ecology Acaricide business.industry General Medicine biology.organism_classification Biotechnology Deltamethrin chemistry Animal ecology Insect Science Pheromone Pest Control business |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and Applied Acarology. 63:85-92 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9702 0168-8162 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10493-013-9764-9 |
| Popis: | In the current study, an attempt was made to encapsulate assembly pheromone using natural polymer, chitosan. Chitosan beads were prepared by incorporating assembly pheromone in conjunction with an acaricide, namely, deltamethrin. In the in vitro bioassay, the test beads attracted and killed 79 % of unfed larvae, 88 % of unfed nymphs and 61 % of unfed adults of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in 24 h of exposure. Field trials were carried out to attract and kill the pre-parasitic environmental stages. The beads were dispersed onto specially designed devices and they were placed in infested kennels. The devices were observed after 10 days. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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