Cleome hirta essential oil as livestock tick ( Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil ( Sitophilus zeamais) repellent

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dc.contributor.authorChhabra, S. C.
dc.contributor.authorNdung'u, M. W.
dc.contributor.authorLwande, W.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-14T08:28:35Z
dc.date.available2014-05-14T08:28:35Z
dc.date.issued1999-10-01
dc.descriptionDOI:10.1016/S0367-326X(99)00071-4en_US
dc.description.abstractThe repellency of the essential oil of the shrub Cleome hirta and of three identified constituents (phytol, (+)-cedrol, n-octacosane) was evaluated against the livestock tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the maize weevil, Sitophillus zeamais. In a tick climbing repellency bioassay, the oil exhibited repellency which, at the highest dose, was comparable to that of the commercial arthropod repellent N,N-diethyltoluamide (DEET). In a Y-tube olfactometer bioassay, the oil showed higher or comparable repellency against S. zeamais relative to DEET at all the doses tested. The potential of C. hirta in livestock tick and maize weevil control is discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFitoterapia Volume 70, Issue 5, 1 October 1999, Pages 514–516en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9497
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCleome hirtaen_US
dc.subjectEssential oilen_US
dc.subjectRhipicephalus appendiculatusen_US
dc.subjectSitophillus zeamaisen_US
dc.subjectRepellent activityen_US
dc.titleCleome hirta essential oil as livestock tick ( Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil ( Sitophilus zeamais) repellenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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