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EFFECT OF KHELLIN AND 8-METHOXYPSORALEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL OF AEDES ATROPALPUS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B.J.R. Philogène ,
J.T. Arnason  and
F. Duval
B.J.R. Philogène
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
J.T. Arnason
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
F. Duval
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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Secondary metabolites from plants capable of photosensitizing insects include furanocoumarins, furanoquinone alkaloids, beta-carboline alkaloids, polyacetylenes and their thiophene derivatives, and extended quinones (Arnason et al. 1983; Towers 1984). These compounds may have direct lethal effects, retard larval development, or be ovicidal (Kagan and Chan 1983). A remarkable property of these secondary metabolites is their greatly enhanced activity in the presence of sunlight or artificial sources of radiation.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 9 , September 1985 , pp. 1153 - 1157
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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