Accession Number:

ADA610034

Title:

Field Evaluation of Four Spatial Repellent Devices Against Arkansas Rice-Land Mosquitoes

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

ARKANSAS UNIV FAYETTEVILLE

Personal Author(s):

• Dame, David A.
• Meisch, Max V.
• Lewis, Carolyn N.
• Kline, Daniel L.
• Clark, Gary G.

Report Date:

2014-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Four commercially available spatial repellent devices were tested in a rice-land habitat near Stuttgart, AR, after semi field level assessments had been made at the Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture in Gainesville, FL. OFF Clip-OnH metofluthrin, Mosquito CognitoH linalool, No-Pest StripH dichlorvos, and ThermaCELLH d-cistrans allethrin were selected for this study from .20 candidate products. The units based on metofluthrin, linalool, or d-cistrans allethrin significantly reduced captures of 1 or more of the mosquito species at surrogate human sites unlit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traps with CO2 and octenol. Among the mosquito species analyzed statistically Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Culex erraticus, and Psorophora columbiae, there were significantly different responses up to 84 reduction to individual products, suggesting that combinations of certain spatial repellents might provide significantly greater protection.

Descriptors:

• *CULEX
• *CULICIDAE
• *REPELLENTS
• AGRICULTURE
• CONTROL
• DISEASES
• FIELD TESTS
• PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
• TRAPS

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Miscellaneous Materials

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE