Use of German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) Fecal Extract to Enhance Toxic Bait Performance in the Presence of Alternative Food Sources

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 483-487

  Miller, D M ^b   Koehler, P G ^b   Patterson, R S ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Bait; Blattella germanica; Fecal extract; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0042550552     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.483     Document Type: Article

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