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Student 10-Minute Paper

Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology

Student Competition

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Grad Competition PBT: Biocontrol and IPM

Phagostimulant activity of amino acids improve next-generation attract-and-kill technologies

Monday, November 6, 2023
12:18 PM – 12:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor 12
In-Person Student Competition

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Xixian Ng

    Graduate Student
    University of Nebraska
    Lincoln, Nebraska

    • Co-Author(s)

  • EJ

    Ellis Johnson

    Graduate Research Assistant
    University of Nebraska
    Lincoln, Nebraska

  • LR

    Leslie Rault

    University of Nebraska
    Lincoln, Nebraska

  • TA

    Troy Anderson

    Associate Professor
    University of Nebraska
    Lincoln, Nebraska

The incidence of mosquito-borne diseases is a significant threat to human health with effective chemical interventions limited by widespread insecticide resistance. There is evidence for attract-and-kill technologies as promising interventions to reduce mosquito populations and interrupt community transmission of diseases. The longevity of mosquitoes to rest and feed on attract-and-kill chemical compositions is a challenge that compromises the efficacy of these interventions to reduce mosquito populations. This study examined phagostimulants to enhance the resting and feeding activity of mosquitoes and, in turn, increase toxicant ingestion leading to higher mortality of mosquitoes. Here, we present the spatial attraction, locomotor activity, olfactory response, feeding rate, and survivorship of Aedes aegypti presented with amino acid additives to chemical compositions for use in next-generation

attract-and-kill technologies.