Polyethylene Glycol Film Method: A Test for Feeding Stimulants of the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-546

  Nojima, Satoshi ^a   Sakuma, Masayuki ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Feeding stimulant; German cockroach; Polyethylene glycol; Probit analysis

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030365043     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.537     Document Type: Article

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