Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i>
Bed bug infestations are on the rise globally, and remediation efforts are becoming more expensive and difficult to achieve due to rising insecticide resistance in the pest populations. This study evaluates <i>Cimex lectularius</i> behavior in the presence of attractive elements—aggregat...
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| author | Jaime Strickland Nicholas R. Larson Mark Feldlaufer Aijun Zhang |
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| description | Bed bug infestations are on the rise globally, and remediation efforts are becoming more expensive and difficult to achieve due to rising insecticide resistance in the pest populations. This study evaluates <i>Cimex lectularius</i> behavior in the presence of attractive elements—aggregation pheromone or food source (human blood)—and the reported botanical repellent methyl benzoate (MB), several MB analogs, as well as the well-known insect repellent, <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET). Utilizing EthoVision, a video tracking system, we now report that MB and several of its analogs exhibit strong spatial repellency against <i>C. lectularius,</i> with methyl 2-methoxybenzoate (M2MOB) and methyl 3-methoxybenzoate (M3MOB) exhibiting the strongest repellent effects. Further, our data showed that MB, M2MOB, M3MOB, and DEET exhibit repellency against a pyrethroid resistant strain of <i>C. lectularius.</i> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6aa9f6d409745a08f32dbf4e06574862023-11-24T08:46:18ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502022-11-011311106010.3390/insects13111060Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i>Jaime Strickland0Nicholas R. Larson1Mark Feldlaufer2Aijun Zhang3Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USAInvasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USAInvasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USAInvasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USABed bug infestations are on the rise globally, and remediation efforts are becoming more expensive and difficult to achieve due to rising insecticide resistance in the pest populations. This study evaluates <i>Cimex lectularius</i> behavior in the presence of attractive elements—aggregation pheromone or food source (human blood)—and the reported botanical repellent methyl benzoate (MB), several MB analogs, as well as the well-known insect repellent, <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET). Utilizing EthoVision, a video tracking system, we now report that MB and several of its analogs exhibit strong spatial repellency against <i>C. lectularius,</i> with methyl 2-methoxybenzoate (M2MOB) and methyl 3-methoxybenzoate (M3MOB) exhibiting the strongest repellent effects. Further, our data showed that MB, M2MOB, M3MOB, and DEET exhibit repellency against a pyrethroid resistant strain of <i>C. lectularius.</i>https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/11/1060natural productmethyl benzoatemethyl benzoate analogsDEETrepellentEthoVision |
| spellingShingle | Jaime Strickland Nicholas R. Larson Mark Feldlaufer Aijun Zhang Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> Insects natural product methyl benzoate methyl benzoate analogs DEET repellent EthoVision |
| title | Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> |
| title_full | Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> |
| title_fullStr | Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> |
| title_short | Characterizing Repellencies of Methyl Benzoate and Its Analogs against the Common Bed Bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i> |
| title_sort | characterizing repellencies of methyl benzoate and its analogs against the common bed bug i cimex lectularius i |
| topic | natural product methyl benzoate methyl benzoate analogs DEET repellent EthoVision |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/11/1060 |
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