Efficacy of vetiver oil and nootkatone as soil barriers against Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1532-1537

  Maistrello, Lara ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Laine, Roger A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedrene; Coptotermes formosanus; Insect repellent; Natural products; Veticeria zizanioides

Indexed keywords

CEDRENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; NOOTKATONE; SESQUITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0035748303     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1532     Document Type: Article

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