Baiting Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Field Colonies with Abamectin and Zinc Borate-Treated Cellulose in Georgia

Sociobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 459-484

  Forschler, Brian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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