Liquid Boric Acid Bait for Control of the Argentine Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 910-914

  Klotz, John ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Venn, Eugene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Water Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Boric acid; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000080619     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.4.910     Document Type: Article

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