Control of German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) with residual toxicants in bait trays

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1491-1496

  Koehler, Philip G ^a   Strong, Charles A ^a,b   Patterson, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bait; Blattella germanica; pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0030515258     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.6.1491     Document Type: Article

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