Pheromone based, smart and ecofriendly approach for the control of the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, using bamboo sticky tick trap was attempted. A novel drug delivery device namely vapour patch was utilized for the first time in sustained release of pheromones. Pheromones namely sex pheromone (SP), assembly pheromone (AP) and a combination of SP+AP was encaps...