caa a22 4500 397571720 CHVBK 20180308164843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/ee/25.1.114 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/ee/25.1.114 Formulating Farnesol and Other Ant-Repellent Semiochemicals for Exclusion of Argentine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Citrus Trees [Elektronische Daten] [Harry H. Shorey, Lyle K. Gaston, Roland G. Gerber, Curtis B. Sisk, Phil A. Phillips] Lemon trees banded with experimental formulations of farnesol and other natural ant repellents were examined for efficacy of disruption of the foraging of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), at varying periods of time after application. Excellent disruption of foraging was achieved by the use of a band constructed from a single strand of cotton twine permeated with 40 mg each of farnesol and Stickem per centimeter of twine. An "ant tape,” consisting of twine similarly permeated with farnesol and Stickem and covered with a strip of waxed paper, was under some conditions superior in duration of disruption of ant foraging to the noncovered, treated twine. Efforts to produce an effective barrier from farnesol mixed with Stickem and beeswax and formulated into a paste, which was then applied around tree trunks, have not been successful. The better formulations of farnesol tested have given between 2 and 3 mo of complete ant exclusion from banded trees. Other tested repellent compounds have not been as active or provided as long a duration of effectiveness as farnesol. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Physiological and Chemical Ecology nationallicence Argentine ant nationallicence Formica aerata nationallicence semiochemicals nationallicence farnesol nationallicence nerolidol nationallicence Shorey Harry H. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut Gaston Lyle K. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut Gerber Roland G. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut Sisk Curtis B. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut Phillips Phil A. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/1(1996-02-01), 114-119 0046-225X 25:1<114 1996 25 ee https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.1.114 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.1.114 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shorey Harry H. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaston Lyle K. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gerber Roland G. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sisk Curtis B. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Phillips Phil A. Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/1(1996-02-01), 114-119 0046-225X 25:1<114 1996 25 ee Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford