Humidity effects on response ofArgas persicus (Oken) to guanine, an assembly pheromone of ticks
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Date
1989-03
Authors
Hassanali, Ahmed
Nyandat, E.
Obenchain, F. A.
Otieno, D. A.
Galun, R.
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Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Abstract
The assembly behavior of the tickArgas persicus Oken in response to guanine has been found to be humidity dependent. Nymphal and adult maleA. persicus assemble on guanine-treated paper disks only at low relative humidities (25 ± 5%). Exposure of the ticks to high relative humidities (85 ± 5%) results in a gradual induction of a negative response to the pheromone.
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DOI 10.1007/BF01015177
Keywords
Tick, Argasidae, Ixodidae, Argas persicus, assembly pheromone, guanine
Citation
Journal of Chemical Ecology March 1989, Volume 15, Issue 3, pp 791-797