Prevention of Colony Foundation by Cryptotermes brevis and Remedial Control of Drywood Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) with Selected Chemical Treatments

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1387-1396

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a   Krecek, Jan ^a   Van Liempt, Axel ^a   Maharajh, Boudanath ^a   Wheeler, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borates; Incipient colonies; Incisitermes snyderi; Silica gel; Spinosad

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; INCISITERMES SNYDERI; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0038403665     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.6.1387     Document Type: Article

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