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Gross Receives Research Award
On April 29th, 2014 Dr. Richard Martin presented the Toxicology Research Excellence Award to Aaron Gross for research he performed while he was a Ph. D. student in Dr. Joel Coats' lab. Read more about Gross Receives Research Award
Monoterpenoids and their synthetic derivatives as leads for new insect-control agents
Adult repellency and larvicidal activity of five plant essential oils against mosquitoes
Behavioral activity of catnip (Lamiaceae) essential oil components to the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae)
Structural requirements for monoterpenoid activity against insects
Catnip, Nepeta cataria (Lamiales: Lamiaceae)-a closer look: seasonal occurrence of nepetalactone isomers and comparative repellency of three terpenoids to insects
Acetylcholinesterase inhibition by nootkatone and carvacrol in arthropods
Pest Management with Natural Products
Botanicals to enhance effectiveness of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides; funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, Deployed War Fighter Protection Program
Since the beginning of the project in April 2012, our lab has screened a wide array of plant essential oils for baseline toxicity and in combination with various synthetic pyrethroids against Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, and Anopheles gambiae, the African malaria mosquito. To date, we have identified essential oil candidates that enhance the toxicity of various synthetic pyrethroids, and some that cause greater enhancement than the most commonly used commercial synergist in synthetic pyrethroid formulations, piperonyl butoxide (PBO).