Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.), a popular aromatic herb used as a traditional medicine is more widely recognized for its use in the pet toy industry due to the behavioral effects it elicits on cats and other felids. A major interest in catnip is also due to its repellent activity against arthropods. Essential oil of catnip is an effective repellent against several species of mosquitoes, flies, ticks, mites, and other disease vectors, with results comparable to DEET. Both the repellency to arthropods and the characteristic effects on cats are mainly attributed to nepetalactone, a bicyclic oxygenated monoterpene in the essential oil of catnip. While catnip is grown as a garden herb and in the open field for dried biomass and essential oil, the lack of improved genetic
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Gomes, E. N., Allen, K., Jaworski, K., Zorde, M., Lockhart, A., Besancon, T., … Simon, J. E. (2020). Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.): Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture and Production (pp. 247–284). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44930-8_11
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