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| Title |
Investigation of mosquito oviposition pheromone as lethal lure for the control of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-015-0639-2 |
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| Authors |
Song-Quan Ong, Zairi Jaal |
| Abstract |
BackgroundThe trend in chemical insecticide development has focused on improving the efficacy against mosquitoes while reducing the environmental impact. Lethal lures apply an ¿attract-and-kill¿ strategy that draws the insect to the killing agent rather than bringing the killing agent to the insect.MethodsIn this study, the mosquito oviposition pheromone was extracted from the eggs of Aedes aegypti (L.) and further investigated with a combination of pheromone and granular temephos as a lethal lure.ResultsThe compound caproic acid attracted significantly more egg-laying mosquitos at 1 ppm (660.83¿±¿91.61) than the control (343.83¿±¿56.24), which consisted of solvent only (Oviposition Activity Index: 0.316). Further investigation of the combination of caproic acid with granular temephos as a lethal lure attracted significantly more gravid female Ae. aegypti to oviposit their eggs than the temephos treated water and control.ConclusionsThis indicated the ability of caproic acid in acting as an attractant and counters the repellency effect of temephos. Additionally, the presence of temephos in the lethal lure also restricted the hatching of the eggs and killed any larvae that hatched. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 25 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 18 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 39% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2016.
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#3,709,974
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#816
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#52,651
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Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#16
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