Monitoring the effects of granular insecticides for Argentine ant control in nursery settings

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-22

  Costa, Heather S ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Klotz, John ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifenthrin; Fipronil; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Insecticide; Linepithema humile; Nursery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038741919     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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