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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 513-519Publisher
AMER MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2987/08-5760.1
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Behavioral responses; irritancy; repellency; Aedes aegypti; Anopheles harrisoni; catnip
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- Thailand Research Fund
- Kasetsart University Development Institute
- Deployed War Fighter Protection Program
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An investigation of the biological effect of catnip oil (Nepeta cataria L.) on the behavioral response of field collected Aedes aegypti and Anopheles harrisoni was conducted using an automated excito-repellency test system. Aedes aegypti showed significantly higher escape rates from the contact chamber at 5% catnip oil compared to other concentrations (P < 0.05). With Anopheles harrisoni a high escape response was seen at 2.5% catnip oil from the contact chamber, while in the noncontact chamber a higher escape response was observed at a concentration of 5%. Results showed that this compound exhibits both irritant and repellent actions.
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