Transfer of ingested insecticides among cockroaches: Effects of active ingredient, bait formulation, and assay procedures

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1229-1236

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Kopanic Jr , Robert J ^b   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S C Johnson & Son Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Blattella germanica; Coprophagy; Horizontal toxicant transfer

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; BORIC ACID; CHLORPYRIFOS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIPRONIL; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHEROMONE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRO 5,5 DIMETHYL 2(1H) PYRIMIDINONE [3 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 1 [2 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL]VINYL]ALLYLIDENE]HYDRAZONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; BORIC ACIDS; CHLORPYRIFOS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHEROMONES; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINONES;

EID: 0035487617     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.5.1229     Document Type: Article

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