Attractiveness and efficacy of fipronil and sulfluramid baits for control of the Texas leafcutting ant

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Grosman, Donald M ^a   Upton, William W ^a   McCook, Frank A ^a   Billings, Ronald F ^a  

^a Texas Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTA TEXANA; CITRUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036763881     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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