Control of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) using commercial prototype aboveground stations and hexaflumuron baits

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Su, Nan Yao ^b   Ban, Paul M ^b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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