Repellent Effects of Five Plant Essential Oils on the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invcita
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...
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
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| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/890 |