Field evaluation of the effectiveness of three timber species as bait stakes and the bait toxicant hexaflumuron in eradicating Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-238

  Peters, Brenton C ^a   Fitzgerald, Christopher J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bait technology; Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Coptotermes acinaciformis; Field bioassay; Hexaflumuron; Isoptera; Sentricon; Subterranean termites; Termite management; Wood susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007905274     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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