Comparative effects of vetiver oil, nootkatone and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate on Coptotermes formosanus and its symbiotic fauna

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-68

  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

Borates; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Natural products; Repellent; Termites; Wood treatment

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; DISODIUM OCTABORATE; NOOTKATONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VETIVER OIL; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT;

PEST CONTROL; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FLAGELLATE; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PROTOZOON; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BORATES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; PLANT OILS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOA; SESQUITERPENES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0037219316     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.601     Document Type: Article

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