Use of fecal extract trails to enhance trap catch in German cockroach (dictyoptera: blattellidae) monitoring stations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 865-870

  Miller, D M ^a   Koehler, P G ^a,b   Nation, J L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Fecal extract; Trail following; Trap catch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; FECES; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; FECES; INSECT CONTROL; MALE;

EID: 0034198562     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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