Field Evaluation of the Bait Toxicant Chlorfluazuron in Eliminating Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1828-1831

  Peters, Brenton C ^a   Fitzgerald, Christopher J ^a  

^a Forestry Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bait technology; Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Chlorfluazuron; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES ACINACIFORMIS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; PAPYRIUS NITIDUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0742288170     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1828     Document Type: Article

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