Laboratory and Field Evaluations of Selected Chemical Treatments for Control of Drywood Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 492-502

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a   Busey, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Arsenic; Borates; Chlorpyrifos; Cryptotermes brevis; Detection; Fumigation; Incisitermes snyderi; Spinosad

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; INCISITERMES SNYDERI; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0000436238     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.492     Document Type: Review

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