Response of Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in northern California to baiting with hexaflumuron with sentricon termite colony elimination system

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1498-1507

  Getty, Gail M ^a   Haverty, Michael I ^a   Copren, Kirsten A ^b   Lewis, Vernard R ^a,c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Subterranean termites; Termite baits; Termite colony elimination; Termite colony suppression; Termite control

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HEXAFLUORON; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ISOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CALIFORNIA; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034292974     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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