Ability of Two Natural Products, Nootkatone and Carvacrol, to Suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area of New Jersey

C. Dolan, Marc; Jordan, Robert; L. Schulze, Terry; J. Schulze, Christopher; C. Manning, Mark; Ruffolo, Daniel; Schmidt, Jason; Piesman, Joseph; J. Karchesy, Joseph

doi:10.1603/029.102.0638

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Ability of Two Natural Products, Nootkatone and Carvacrol, to Suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area of New Jersey

Published in Journal of Economic Entomology • Nov 25, 2009

Authors:

Marc C. Dolan

Robert Jordan

Terry L. Schulze

Abstract

We evaluated the ability of the natural, plant-derived acaricides nootkatone and carvacrol to suppress Ixodes scapularis Say and Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae). Aqueous formulations of 1 and 5% nootkatone applied by backpack sprayer to the forest litter layer completely suppressed I. sc...

Subject

Amblyomma americanum

Ixodes scapularis

Ixodidae

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