Toxicity and repellency of potting soil treated with bifenthrin and tefluthrin to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1526-1530

  Oi, David H ^a,b   Williams, David F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

commodity treatment; control; nursery; quarantine; soil; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030485219     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.6.1526     Document Type: Article

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