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dc.contributor.authorHassanali, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorMaranga, R. O.
dc.contributor.authorKaaya, G. P.
dc.contributor.authorMueke, J. M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T07:29:01Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T07:29:01Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationExperimental & Applied Acarology 2003, Volume 29, Issue 1-2, pp 121-130en_US
dc.identifier.issn0168-8162
dc.identifier.issn1572-9702
dc.identifier.urihttp://download.springer.com/static/pdf/24/art%253A10.1023%252FA%253A1024265529030.pdf?auth66=1406964367_f2de0c9c61500eba5f4b3c6691ba1353&ext=.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/10771
dc.descriptionDOI 10.1023/A:1024265529030en_US
dc.description.abstractThe responses of adult Amblyomma variegatum ticks released from various distances to different doses of the synthetic attraction-aggregation-attachment pheromone (AAAP) (made up of ortho-nitrophenol, methyl salicylate and nonanoic acid in paraffin oil), dispensed from the center of circular field plots, were studied in the presence or absence of elevated levels of CO2. Up to 90% of the ticks released were attracted to the pheromone source in the presence of CO2 within 3h. CO2 alone was unattractive, similar to previous findings in Zimbabwe, but unlike results from a Caribbean A. variegatum population, which was significantly attracted to this signal. In the absence of CO2, smaller but significant proportions of the released ticks were attracted to the pheromone, albeit more slowly, suggesting another variation in the responses of this bont tick to inter- and intra-specific signals. Our results are interpreted in the light of a study undertaken elsewhere demonstrating relatively high heterozygosity among tick populations. Possible directions of further research to explore the use of the pheromone in off-host control of the tick are also highlighted.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.subjectActivationen_US
dc.subjectAmblyomma variegatumen_US
dc.subjectAttraction-aggregation-attachment-pheromoneen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxideen_US
dc.subjectHeterozygosityen_US
dc.titleAttraction of Amblyomma variegatum (ticks) to the attraction-aggregation-attachment-pheromone with or without carbon dioxideen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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