Comparison of Tunneling Responses into Insecticide-Treated Soil by Field Populations and Laboratory Groups of Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-509

  Su, Nan Yao ^a   Chew, Victor ^b   Wheeler, Gregory S ^c   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Field bioassay; Laboratory bioassay; Reticulitermes flavipes; Termiticides; Tunneling response

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0242453922     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.503     Document Type: Article

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