Evaluation of attractants for monitoring populations of the german cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 208-214

  Nalyanya, Godfrey ^a   Schal, Goby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractants; Baits; Blattella germanica; Traps

Indexed keywords

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWINE;

EID: 0035258719     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.208     Document Type: Article

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