Geosmin attracts Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to oviposition sites
Nadia Melo, Gabriella Hannah Wolff, André Luis Costa‐da‐Silva, Robert Arribas, Merybeth Fernandez Triana, Muriel F. Gugger, Jeffrey A. Riffell, Matthew DeGennaro, Marcus Carl Stensmyr
This study shows geosmin attracts Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to oviposition sites and can be used as bait, with beetroot peel extract as a cost-effective alternative.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience