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Web URL(s): | https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/97/2/575/2218002/Repellency-and-Toxicity-of-Mint-Oil-Granules-to Last checked: 02/28/2017 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website Notes: Guide page |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Appel, Arthur G.;
Gehret, Michael J.;
Tanley, Marla J. |
Author Affiliation: | Appel, Gehret, Tanley: Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama; Gehret: Woodstream Corporation, Lititz, Pennsylvania |
Title: | Repellency and toxicity of mint oil granules to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
Section: | Household and structural insects Other records with the "Household and structural insects" Section
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Source: | Journal of Economic Entomology. Vol. 97, No. 2, April 2004, p. 575-580. |
Publishing Information: | Lanham, MD: Entomological Society of America |
# of Pages: | 6 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Solenopsis invicta; Toxicity; Pest control; Insecticides; Horticultural oils; Insect repellents
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Abstract/Contents: | "Repellency and toxicity of 2% mint oil granules were evaluated against worker red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in a series of laboratory and field experiments. In continuous exposure experiments, LT50 values ranged from 1.2 h with 164.8 mg/cm2 of 2% mint oil granules to 15.3 h with 1.65 mg/cm2 of granules. LT50 values declined exponentially with increasing rate of mint oil granules. Limited exposure to 164.8 mg/cm2 mint oil granules resulted in >50% knock down (KD) after 30 min; however, there was no KD at 15 min. Twenty-four hour mortality increased linearly with increasing exposure time. Mean repellency of worker red imported fire ants ranged from 49.2 ± 5.4% for 0 mg/cm2 (untreated control) of mint oil granules at 30 min to 100% for 147.8 mg/cm2 of mint oil granules at 3 h. Repellency increased with increasing milligrams per square centimeter of mint oil granules and exposure time. In field tests, 100% of mounds opened and treated with mint oil granules were abandoned 5 d after treatment and ants had relocated or formed satellite mounds by 2 d after treatment. Unopened mounds treated topically with mint oil granules were not abandoned, but ants formed satellite mounds 2 d after treatment. Mint oil granules could provide another tool for red imported fire ant integrated pest management, particularly in situations in which conventional insecticides would be inappropriate." |
Language: | English |
References: | 29 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Appel, A. G., M. J. Gehret, and M. J. Tanley. 2004. Repellency and toxicity of mint oil granules to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97(2):p. 575-580. |
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