Naphthalene in Formosan Subterranean Termite Carton Nests

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2337-2339

  Chen, Jian ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Grimm, Casey C ^b   Lloyd, Steven W ^b   Laine, Roger A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Naphthalene; Termite nest

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0001636921     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9709717     Document Type: Article

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