E. Gerberg
Aug 1, 1966
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Quality indicators
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Abstract
Field and laboratory tests of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol (TMPD) as a personal repellent were conducted against the black salt-marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), in Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies; snowpool Aedes and Culiseta in Alaska; Culex and Anopheles in Jamaica, West Indies; blackflies (Simuliidae) in New York; the chigger Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (Oudemans) and the oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), in Florida; and the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), in North Carolina. Deet was used as a comparative standard, The results indicated that TMPD at strength equal to deet rates in effectiveness approximately 0.66–1.05 when deet is 1.00.