Repellent Effects of Five Plant Essential Oils on the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invcita
Autor: | Yi-Juan Xu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zdroj: | Sociobiology, Vol 59, Iss 3 (2015) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0361-6525 2447-8067 |
DOI: | 10.13102/sociobiology.v59i3.890 |
Popis: | The aim of this experiment was to search for the essential oils which have repellent effects on red imported fire ants. Effect of five kinds of essential oils in four concentrations on fire ant workers was evaluated using a Y-tube olfactometer bioassay. Our results indicate that C. annuum oil showed a strong repellent effect on fire ant workers in the four concentrations (P |
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