Comparative evaluation of juvenoids for control of cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in topsoil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 889-894

  Rajapakse, Champa N K ^a,b   Meola, Roger ^a   Readio, Janice ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat fleas; Ctenocephalides felis; Fenoxycarb; Methoprene; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

JUVENILE HORMONE; METHOPRENE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAT; DRUG EFFECT; FLEA; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATS; FLEAS; JUVENILE HORMONES; METHOPRENE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PYRIDINES; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036834008     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.889     Document Type: Article

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