Resistance of Insecticide-Treated Foam Board Insulation Against the Eastern Subterranean Termite and the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1526-1529

  Su, Nan Yao ^a   Ban, Paul ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Deltamethrin; Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate; Reticulitermes flavipes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0347033090     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.5.1526     Document Type: Article

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