Toxicity, Repellency, and Horizontal Transmission of Fipronil in the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 461-467

  Ibrahim, Sanaa A ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^b   Fei, Huixin ^b  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki; Fipronil; Horizontal transmission; Repellency; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0242411487     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.2.461     Document Type: Article

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