Effect of malathion on larval competition in house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Kence, Meral ^a   Jdeidi, Tarek ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Competition; Insecticide resistance; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0031062330     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.1.59     Document Type: Article

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