Method of insecticide delivery affects horizontal transfer of fipronil in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 680-685

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Fipronil; Horizontal toxicant transfer; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 0035374784     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.680     Document Type: Article

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