Field evaluation of nootkatone and tetrahydronootkatone as wood treatments against Coptotermes formosanus

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 413-424

  Nix, Karen E ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Laine, Roger A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Formosan subterranean termite; Nootkatone; Tetrahydronootkatone; Wood treatment

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; CITRUS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CUPRESSUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TAXODIUM;

EID: 0043201214     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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