Comparison of Conventional and Targeted Insecticide Application for Control of Smokybrown Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae) in Three Urban Areas of Alabama

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 473-479

  Smith II, L M ^a   Appel, A G ^a   Mack, T P ^a,b   Keever, G J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Insecticidal baits; Peridomestic cockroaches; Perimeter spray; Periplaneta fuliginosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008151732     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.2.473     Document Type: Article

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