Controlling the Mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Broiler and Turkey Houses: Field Trials with a Combined Insecticide Treatment: Insect Growth Regulator and Pyrethroid

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-130

  Salin, C ^a   Delettre, Y R ^a   Vernon, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Control; Field trial; Insect growth regulator; Poultry house; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHICKENS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRINS; SEASONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0038690477     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.126     Document Type: Article

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