Autosterilization of the house fly, Musca domestica, using the chitin synthesis inhibitor triflumuron on sugar-baited targets

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Howard, Julia ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autosterilization; Control; House fly; Musca domestica; Sucrose baited targets; Triflumuron

Indexed keywords

MUSCA DOMESTICA;

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHITIN; TRIFLUMURON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHITIN; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCIDAE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0029681294     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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