Efficacy of brodifacoum to control house mice, Mus domesticus, in wheat crops in Southern Australia

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Brown, Peter R ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Field trial; Radio telemetry; Rodent control; Wild house mouse

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; MOUSE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA;

MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032103649     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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