JERUSALEM, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- An international research team has identified a key odorant receptor that enables mosquitoes to detect and avoid certain natural repellent compound, offering new hope for more effective and environmentally friendly mosquito control, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement Tuesday.
The study, publish in Nature Communications, involved researchers from China, Israel, the United States, and Sweden. It found that a highly conserved receptor called OR49 responds to borneol, a natural compound found in camphor tree oils.
