Session: Current Research and Developments of New Insect Repellents (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room D8, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Organizer :

Mustapha Debboun

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM

0173

The price of success: The cost of repellent products

Daniel Strickman, USDA; Daniel A. Strickman, USDA - ARS

Audio File

1:52 PM

0174

Recent advances in DEET toxicity on insect and mammal nervous systems: Toward a better use of repellents in public health

Corbel Vincent, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement; Cedrix Pennetier, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement; Bruno Lapied, Laboratoire Recepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires; Didier Fournier, Universite de Toulouse

2:09 PM

0175

Behavioral evidence for the mode of action of DEET against Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti

Jerome A. Klun, USDA-ARS

2:26 PM

0176

The insect repellent activity of menthol propyleneglycol carbonate, a GRAS synthetic derivative of naturally-occurring menthol

Jonathan R. Matias, Poseidon Sciences Group

2:43 PM

0177

Twelve-hour duration testing of new tick repellent formulations

Kendra Lawrence, Entomologist, Armed Forces Pest Management Board; John Carroll, USDA-ARS; John P. Benante, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Audio File

3:00 PM

0178

Using flavor and fragrance compounds as insect repellents, attractants, and even insecticides

Rajinder S. Mann, University of Florida; Phil Kaufman, University of Florida; J F Butler, University of Florida

3:17 PM

Break

3:32 PM

0179

All-natural biocides and repellents from forest resources for tick control

Marc C. Dolan, CDC

Audio File

3:49 PM

0180

Isolongifolenone: A naturally occurring and easily synthesized sesquiterpene that repels ticks and deters feeding by mosquitoes

Aijun Zhang, USDA - ARS; Jerome A. Klun, USDA-ARS; Shifa Wang, Nanjing Forestry University; John Carroll, USDA-ARS; Mustapha Debboun, Harris County Public Health

4:06 PM

0181

Repellency of BioUD against mosquitoes and ticks

Brooke E. Witting, North Carolina State University; Christof F. Stumpf, Louisiana State University, Alexandria; Kevin V. Donohue, North Carolina State University; Charles Apperson, North Carolina State University; D. Wes Watson, North Carolina State University; R. Michael Roe, North Carolina State University

Audio File

4:23 PM

0182

Mosquito repellent activity of botanical sesquiterpenes from amyris and siam-wood essential oils

Gretchen E. Paluch, Iowa State University; Joel Coats, Iowa State University

4:40 PM

0183

Current scientific and ethical issues concerning evaluation of repellent products

Clara Fuentes, US Environmental Protection Agency; Kevin Sweeney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Audio File

4:57 PM

0184