Misuse of the Tarsal-Contact Method for Detecting Insecticide Resistance in the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1441-1444

  Cochran, Donald G ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detecting resistance; German cockroach; Jar test; Tarsal contact

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0006405499     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.6.1441     Document Type: Article

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