Fenoxycarb-induced caste differentiation and mortality in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 906-914

  Jones, Susan C ^a,b   Lenz, Michael ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CSIRO ^*  (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

fenoxycarb; Formosan subterranean termite; insect growth regulators; protozoa

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030485169     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.4.906     Document Type: Article

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