Laboratory and field performance of an imidaeloprid gel bait against German cockroaches (dictyoptera: blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 112-118

  Appel, A G ^a   Tanley, M J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Ebeling choice box; Field performance; Imidacloprid; Insecticidal bait; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; INSECTICIDE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PHEROMONES; PLANTS;

EID: 0000662815     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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