Toxicity and repellency of borate-sucrose water baits to Argentine ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1256-1258

  Klotz, John H ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Amrhein, Christopher ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Borates; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DISODIUM OCTABORATE TETRAHYDRATE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BORATES; BORIC ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034244215     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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