Humidity effects on response ofArgas persicus (Oken) to guanine, an assembly pheromone of ticks
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 15 (3) , 791-797
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01015177
Abstract
The assembly behavior of the tickArgas persicus Oken in response to guanine has been found to be humidity dependent. Nymphal and adult maleA. persicus assemble on guanine-treated paper disks only at low relative humidities (25 ± 5%). Exposure of the ticks to high relative humidities (85 ± 5%) results in a gradual induction of a negative response to the pheromone.Keywords
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