Wednesday, December 12, 2007
D0602

A natural bridged tricyclic sesquiterpene, isolongifolenone, is a repellent against blood-feeding arthropods

Aijun Zhang, Aijun.Zhang@ARS.USDA.GOV, USDA-ARS, Plant Sciences Institute, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Bldg. 007, Rm.312, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD, Shifa Wang, Aijun.Zhang@ARS.USDA.GOV, Nanjing Forestry University, College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu 210037, Nanjing, China, Jerome Klun, USDA, Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, !0300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC-West, Bldg. 007, Beltsville, MD, and John Carroll, john.carroll@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC-East, Bldg. 1040, Beltsville, MD.