Semiochemicals that disrupt foraging by the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Laboratory bioassays

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Sisk, C B ^a,b   Shorey, H H ^a,b   Gerber, R G ^a,b   Gaston, L K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ant repellents; Argentine ants; gustatory; olfactory; semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IRIDOMYRMEX; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PROPOLIS;

EID: 0030482120     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.2.381     Document Type: Article

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