Relative Significance of Direct Ingestion and Adult-Mediated Translocation of Bait to German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) Nymphs

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1073-1079

  Kopanic Jr , Robert J ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Blattella germanica; Coprophagy; Horizontal toxicant transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0001503682     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1073     Document Type: Review

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