Effect of carbon dioxide on the Oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-72

  Gannon, B ^a,b   Le Patourel, G ^a   Young, R ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Chiltern Enterprise Centre ^*  (Belgium)

^c Check Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blatta orientalis; Carbon dioxide; Cockroach control; Disinfestation; Oriental cockroach

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLIDAE; BLATTIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035093647     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2001.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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